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2021 Football Roster

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31 Ryan Richter

  • Position P
  • Ht./Wt. 6-1 / 190
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Temecula, Calif.
  • Last School Reedley College / Great Oak HS

Biography

2021 (Junior)
Punted 27 times for a 35.0-yard average … Eight of his punts landed inside the opponents’ 20-yard line … Also made 5-of-7 extra point attempts, all coming in the final two games of the year against Delaware State and South Carolina State … Averaged 43.2 yards on five punts at St. Francis, with a season’s long of 61 yards and four punts inside the SFU 20-yard line … Also averaged 41.3 yards on three punts at Hampton … Named to the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the fall semester.

2020 (COVID)
NSU did not play due to COVID-19.

2019 (Sophomore)
Played in 12 games … Served as NSU’s primary punter, earning third-team All-MEAC honors in his first year with the Spartans … Averaged 39.7 yards per punt, third-best in the MEAC and the fourth-highest mark in NSU history … Fourteen of his 57 punts landed inside the opponents’ 20-yard line and 16 were fair-caught … Also was NSU’s primary kickoff specialist, recording six touchbacks on the year … Averaged 48 yards on four punts with two inside the 20-yard line at Old Dominion … Averaged 42.4 yards per punt (two inside the 20), and 41.5 against Florida A&M … Recorded a season-best 61-yard punt while averaging 42.6 yards on his five punts at Howard … Averaged a season-best 52.5 yards per punt against Morgan State, notching a 50-yarder and a 55-yarder … Attempted a season-best eight punts against South Carolina State with three landing inside the SCSU 20 … Kicked two touchbacks against both Florida A&M and Delaware State … NSU AD Honor Roll member for both semesters.

At Reedley College
Spent one season at Reedley College … Served as the team’s top punter and kicker … Played in 10 games, averaging 36.3 yards per punt … Fourteen of his 34 punts landed inside the opponents’ 20-yard line … Also was 4-of-4 on field goal tries and 38-of-40 on extra points … Had a long field goal of 46 yards.

High School
Two-year letterwinner at Great Oak … Was a second-team all-league kicker/punter his senior year … Earned first-team all-league honors his junior year.

Personal
Ryan Harrison Richter was born on March 7, 2000 … Son of Kris and Rod Richter … Plans to major in sociology.

Richter’s Career Highs
Punts: 8 (vs. S.C. State, 11-23-19)
Average: 52.5 (vs. Morgan State, 11-2-19)
Long Punt: 61 (2x, last at St. Francis, 9-25-21)
Punts Inside 20: 3 (vs. S.C. State, 11-23-19)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 45

    2019Sophomore

    P
    6'1" 190 lbs
    45
  • 31

    2020-2021Junior

    P
    6'1" 190 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2021Redshirt Junior

    P
    6'1" 190 lbs
    31