Anthony Richardson (American football)

Anthony Dashawn Richardson (born May 22, 2002) is an American football quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Florida and was selected by the Colts fourth overall in the 2023 NFL Draft.

Anthony Richardson
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Richardson at the 2023 NFL Combine
No. 5 – Indianapolis Colts
Position:Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (2002-05-22) May 22, 2002
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school:Eastside (Gainesville, Florida)
College:Florida (2020–2022)
NFL Draft:2023 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4
Career history
Roster status:Unsigned draft pick
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Early life

Richardson was born on May 22, 2002, in Miami, Florida.[1] He later attended Eastside High School in Gainesville, Florida, where he played quarterback for their football team. During his high school career, he had 4,633 passing yards with 37 passing touchdowns, along with 1,633 rushing yards and 41 touchdowns. He committed to play college football at the University of Florida.[2]

College career

Richardson appeared in just four games during his first year at Florida in 2020, completing one of two passes for 27 yards with a touchdown and interception.[3][4] He was able to redshirt his first year of collegiate eligibility. Richardson entered 2021 as the backup to Emory Jones.[5][6][7] Against LSU, he replaced Jones and completed 10 of 19 passes for 167 yards with three touchdowns, two interceptions and a rushing touchdown.[8]

Richardson helped lead an upset over the seventh-ranked Utah Utes in September 2022.[9] Following the end of the 2022 season, Richardson announced that he would enter the 2023 NFL Draft.[10]

College statistics
Season Games Passing Rushing
GPGSRecordCmpAttPctYdsAvgTDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
2020 40—1250.02713.511228.47618.70
2021 810–1386459.45298.365144.1514017.93
2022 12126–617632753.82,5497.8179131.11036546.39
Career[11]24136–721539354.73,1057.92415133.61611,1166.912

Professional career
Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span40-yard dash10-yard split20-yard splitVertical jumpBroad jump
6 ft 4+1⁄4 in
(1.94 m)		 244 lb
(111 kg)		 32+3⁄4 in
(0.83 m)		 10+1⁄2 in
(0.27 m)		4.43 s1.53 s2.56 s40.5 in
(1.03 m)		10 ft 9 in
(3.28 m)
[12]

Richardson was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts fourth overall in the 2023 NFL Draft. Prior to the Draft, Richardson had tested as the most-athletic quarterback in pre-draft measurements in league history.[13]

References
  1. Brugler, Dane. "The Beast: 2023 NFL Draft Guide" (PDF). The Athletic. p. 6. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  2. Goodall, Zach. "QB Anthony Richardson Signs With Florida". Sports Illustrated Florida Gators News, Analysis and More.
  3. Thompson, Edgar. "UF QB, Gainesville native Anthony Richardson aims to elevate Gators from backup role". orlandosentinel.com.
  4. Hall, Graham. "Anthony Richardson 'blessed' with opportunity to improve and inspire with Gators". Gator Sports.
  5. "Who is Anthony Richardson? Meet Florida Gators' redshirt freshman QB sensation". www.sportingnews.com.
  6. Taylor, G. Allan. "'Dynamic' Emory Jones, talented Anthony Richardson form 1-2 punch: Rating the Gators' QB combination". The Athletic.
  7. "A Florida QB controversy after Anthony Richardson replaces Emory Jones ahead of Alabama game?". al. September 11, 2021.
  8. Thompson, Edgar. "In loss to LSU, Gators find hope and possibly a new starting QB in Anthony Richardson". orlandosentinel.com.
  9. Long. "Richardson Burney help Gators upset Utah". msn.com.
  10. Bromberg, Nick. "Florida QB Anthony Richardson declares for 2023 NFL draft". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  11. "Anthony Richardson Bio/Stats | Florida Gators". FloridaGators.com. Retrieved November 6, 2022. Started second career game vs. No. 7 Utah...Made his first career start at quarterback against Georgia.
  12. "Anthony Richardson Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  13. Arthur, Jake (27 April 2023). "Colts Draft Anthony Richardson, Get Their New Face of the Franchise". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
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