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22 Diquan Richardson

  • Position Safety
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 167
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Alvin, S.C.
  • High School Ft. Dorchester

Biography

  • 2017 Preseason All-MEAC First Team
  • 2016 All-MEAC First Team
 
2016 – Junior Season
Named to the 2016 All-MEAC First Team on the defensive side of the ball… Played in all 10 games on the year… Started in eight contests as a safety with the Maroon and Gold… Finished amongst the league leaders in total tackles, recording 60 across the campaign… Secured 30 solo stops against 30 assisted stops… Had 2.5 tackles for loss… Among the league’s best with four interceptions, returning them for 79 yards… Had six pass deflections across the year… Recovered one fumble and blocked one kick… Tallied nine tackles (five solo), including an interception return for touchdown against FBS opponent North Texas on the road in Denton, Texas… Had a total of two pass breakups and a blocked kick, adding a punt return for 21 yards against the Mean Green… Picked up eight tackles (seven assisted) and a pass breakup at home to Tennessee State… Posted a season-best 10 tackles (five solo) with two tackles for loss in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) opening game at Savannah State… Hauled down nine tackles, including six primary stops, with a pass deflection against eventual MEAC champion North Carolina Central… Had four stops, including an assisted tackle for loss, against North Carolina A&T… Produced six tackles (four primary stops) with an interception – returning it 13 yards, in the first victory of the season on the road against Norfolk State… Matched a season-best with two pass breakups in the win on the road versus Morgan State… Collected five tackles (four assisted) with a fumble recovery and an interception in the Florida Blue Florida Classic victory against MEAC foe Florida A&M at Camping World Stadium in Orlando… Ended the year with three primary tackles and an assisted stop for four total tackles, also collecting an interception on the day, at South Carolina State…
 
2015 – Sophomore Season
Saw action in all 11 games in his first season with the Wildcats program… Started three games in the defensive backfield… Recorded 58 tackles on the year… Picked up 34 primary stops and 24 assisted stops… Stepped into the offensive back for two tackles behind the line of scrimmage resulting in a loss of 10 total yards… Had one quarterback sack… Registered three pass breakups… Recovered one fumble and forced two more on the season… Blocked one kick… Pulled down five tackles (four solo) in his BCU debut at Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) opponent Miami (Fla.)… Tallied a career-best 11 tackles (seven solo) in a come-from-behind road win at Grambling State… Forced a fumble in that win over the Tigers… Blocked a kick and added a pair of tackles with a pass deflection in a home opening win over Division II opponent Lane College… Had nine total tackles (five assisted stops) and a forced fumble in the come-from-behind Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) win on the road against North Carolina Central… Pulled in six tackles (three solo) in an ESPNU Thursday night televised game at home to South Carolina State… Had a seven-tackle performance with five of those stops coming by way of a solo performance on the road at North Carolina A&T… Hauled in his first tackle for loss against the Aggies… Recovered his first career fumble and returned it four yards, while also amassing four tackles (three assisted) in a BCU Homecoming win against Norfolk State… Secured eight tackles (seven primary stops), including a quarterback sack in the road win against Delaware State…
 
Before Bethune-Cookman
Spent his freshman and redshirt freshman seasons at Paine College in South Carolina… Transferred from Pain when the program was shut down following the 2014 competitive season…
 
Ft. Dorchester High School
Prepped at football tradition-rich Fort Dorchester High School… Named to the 2011 all-county second team as a junior… Awarded to the Summerville Communications All-County Line list…

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2015Sophomore

    Safety
    5'11" 167 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2016Junior

    Safety
    5'11" 167 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2017Senior

    Safety
    5'11" 167 lbs
    22
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