Jordan
Richards.
Jordan
Richards.
Stanford· 5'11"· 211 lb· 4.65s 40
The New England Patriots often employ a versatile, multiple-look defensive scheme that prioritizes players with high football IQ and positional flexibility.
Initially contribute as a special teams ace and situational strong safety, with the ceiling to develop into a starting box safety capable of covering tight ends and playing near the line of scrimmage.
A purely single-high safety scheme that demands elite deep range and coverage skills in isolated situations.
Richards's combination of size, tackling ability, and intelligence makes him a strong fit for a defense that values versatility and run support from its safeties rather than pure deep coverage prowess.
Selected #64 overall in Round 2 of the 2015 NFL Draft by New England Patriots out of Stanford.
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.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.65sp50
- Vertical
- 32inp50
- Broad jump
- 111inp50
- Three-cone
- 6.74sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.22sp50
- Bench
- 13repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Stanford | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Stanford | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Stanford | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 41 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Jordan Richards played safety for the New England Patriots, Atlanta Falcons, and Baltimore Ravens. He was primarily a special teams contributor and depth safety throughout his career, winning Super Bowl LI with the Patriots.