Shaquille
Richardson.
Shaquille
Richardson.
Arizona
Shaquille Richardson's best fit is in a Cover-3 match scheme, where his instincts and ball-hawking ability can be leveraged, allowing him to play a central role in patrolling the deep middle or dropping down.
Shaquille Richardson projects as an immediate special teams contributor with the ceiling to develop into a starting deep safety or a versatile nickel defender due to his coverage skills.
He would be a poor fit in a true man-heavy defense that consistently asks safeties to play press-man coverage against slot receivers due to his physical limitations.
His blend of coverage ability and athleticism makes him an intriguing prospect for a team that values versatile defensive backs in a zone-heavy scheme.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— No athletic data recorded
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Arizona | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | Arizona | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Arizona | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Arizona | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 49 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.