Anthony Richardson (American football)
| Florida Gators – No. 15 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class |  |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | May 22, 2001 Miami, Florida |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 232 lb (105 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Eastside (Gainesville) |
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Anthony Richardson (born May 22, 2001) is an American football quarterback for the Florida Gators.
High school career
Richardson played for Eastside High School in Gainesville, Florida. 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 his hometown school; the University of Florida to play college football.[1]
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.[2][3] He was able to redshirt his first year of collegiate eligibility. Richardson entered 2021 as the backup to Emory Jones, but still earned more playing time.[4][5][6] Against LSU, he replaced Jones and completed 10 of 19 passes for 167 yards with three touchdowns, two interceptions and a rushing touchdown.[7]
Richardson was an integral component of unranked Florida’s upset of seventh ranked Utah on September 3, 2022.[8]
Statistics
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
| Florida Gators | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0–0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 27 | 13.5 | 1 | 1 | 228.4 | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 8 | 1 | 0–1 | 38 | 64 | 59.4 | 529 | 8.3 | 6 | 5 | 144.1 | 51 | 401 | 7.9 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | 4–3 | 96 | 169 | 56.8 | 1,367 | 8.1 | 6 | 7 | 128.2 | 57 | 380 | 6.7 | 6 | |
| Career[9] | 19 | 8 | 4–4 | 135 | 235 | 57.4 | 1,923 | 8.2 | 13 | 13 | 133.4 | 115 | 842 | 7.3 | 9 | |
References
- ^ Goodall, Zach. "QB Anthony Richardson Signs With Florida". Sports Illustrated Florida Gators News, Analysis and More.
- ^ Thompson, Edgar. "UF QB, Gainesville native Anthony Richardson aims to elevate Gators from backup role". orlandosentinel.com.
- ^ Hall, Graham. "Anthony Richardson 'blessed' with opportunity to improve and inspire with Gators". Gator Sports.
- ^ "Who is Anthony Richardson? Meet Florida Gators' redshirt freshman QB sensation". www.sportingnews.com.
- ^ Taylor, G. Allan. "'Dynamic' Emory Jones, talented Anthony Richardson form 1-2 punch: Rating the Gators' QB combination". The Athletic.
- ^ "A Florida QB controversy after Anthony Richardson replaces Emory Jones ahead of Alabama game?". al. September 11, 2021.
- ^ Thompson, Edgar. "In loss to LSU, Gators find hope and possibly a new starting QB in Anthony Richardson". orlandosentinel.com.
- ^ Long. "Richardson Burney help Gators upset Utah". msn.com.
- ^ "Anthony Richardson Bio/Stats | Florida Gators". FloridaGators.com. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
Started second career game vs. No. 7 Utah...Made his first career start at quarterback against Georgia.
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