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Jersey Number 42
Tyrell Richards
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 212
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Brampton, Ontario, Canada
- High School:
- Clarkson Secondary School
Bio
Career Overview: Outside linebacker who has also worked at defensive end during the course of his career, also is a key special teamer ... Has 54 tackles (33 solo), 9.5 tackles for loss and six sacks ... 2019 Joe Szombathy Award winner as the team’s top special teams player ... Redshirted in 2017.
Junior Year (2020): Appeared in eight games with three starts at outside linebacker and also was a key special teams player … Made 24 tackles, had 3.5 tackles for loss, two sacks and a blocked kick this season … Made three tackles and registered a sack at Pitt (9/19) … Blocked a kick against Georgia Tech (9/26) … Made a career-high nine tackles against Liberty (10/17) … Had a tackle for loss at Clemson (10/24) … Had a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss, two quarterback hurries, a sack and five tackles against Wake Forest (10/31) … Made three tackles and broke up a pass against Boston College (11/7).
Sophomore Year (2019): Joe Szombathy Award winner as Syracuse’s most outstanding special teams player ... Appeared in 10 games ... Logged 14 tackles (seven solo), three tackles for loss, one sack, one pass breakup and one fumble recovery ... Member of four special teams units ... Led the Orange with six special teams tackles, including five on kickoffs ... Aided a punt coverage team that ranked fifth nationally in punt return yardage defense (1.7 ypr) and set the school single-season record for the fewest punt return yards allowed (17) ... Tallied one tackle in consecutive games at Liberty (8/31), at Maryland (9/7), versus Clemson (9/14), versus Western Michigan (9/21) and against Holy Cross (9/28) ... Also recovered a fumbled punt in the Holy Cross game to set up a 17-yard Orange touchdown ... Collected a season-high three tackles, including a sack, at NC State (10/10) ... Had two tackles, including one for lost yardage, versus Pittsburgh (10/18) ... At Florida State (10/26), registered two tackles ... Made two tackles and broke up the first pass of his career at Duke (11/16) ... Spring 2020 SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll selection.Â
Freshman Year (2018): Played in all 13 games and was a core special teams player, contributing on kickoff, kickoff return, punt and punt return ... Credited with 16 tackles (12 solo), three sacks and one interception ... Tied for second on the Orange with three special teams tackles ... Valuable contributor for a coverage team that led the ACC in kickoff return defense (18.3 ypr) ... Helped the punt team finish atop the ACC rankings in net average (39.3) for the second consecutive year ... Made his collegiate debut at Western Michigan (8/31) … Carded his first career tackle – a sack for a loss of seven yards – and his first career interception on a deflected pass versus Wagner (9/8) … Made four tackles versus North Carolina (Oct. 20) … Registered his second sack of the season at Boston College (11/24) … Made a career-high six tackles, including one sack, versus West Virginia (12/28) in the Camping World Bowl.
2017: Redshirt season.
High School: Linebacker for head coach Larry Jusdanis at Clarkson Secondary School … No. 4 overall Canadian prospect, according to ESPN … Invited to participate in the 2016 International Federation of American Football U-19 World Championship in Harbin, China … Represented Ontario at the 2015 Canada Cup and collected Defensive Player of the Game honors … As a senior, tallied 72 solo tackles, 1.5 sacks, two interceptions and returned two fumbles for touchdowns … Team captain and MVP.
Personal: Tyrell Joseph Richards … Born on October 7, 1998 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada … Son of Anik and Nick Richards … Two sisters … Sociology major.
Junior Year (2020): Appeared in eight games with three starts at outside linebacker and also was a key special teams player … Made 24 tackles, had 3.5 tackles for loss, two sacks and a blocked kick this season … Made three tackles and registered a sack at Pitt (9/19) … Blocked a kick against Georgia Tech (9/26) … Made a career-high nine tackles against Liberty (10/17) … Had a tackle for loss at Clemson (10/24) … Had a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss, two quarterback hurries, a sack and five tackles against Wake Forest (10/31) … Made three tackles and broke up a pass against Boston College (11/7).
Sophomore Year (2019): Joe Szombathy Award winner as Syracuse’s most outstanding special teams player ... Appeared in 10 games ... Logged 14 tackles (seven solo), three tackles for loss, one sack, one pass breakup and one fumble recovery ... Member of four special teams units ... Led the Orange with six special teams tackles, including five on kickoffs ... Aided a punt coverage team that ranked fifth nationally in punt return yardage defense (1.7 ypr) and set the school single-season record for the fewest punt return yards allowed (17) ... Tallied one tackle in consecutive games at Liberty (8/31), at Maryland (9/7), versus Clemson (9/14), versus Western Michigan (9/21) and against Holy Cross (9/28) ... Also recovered a fumbled punt in the Holy Cross game to set up a 17-yard Orange touchdown ... Collected a season-high three tackles, including a sack, at NC State (10/10) ... Had two tackles, including one for lost yardage, versus Pittsburgh (10/18) ... At Florida State (10/26), registered two tackles ... Made two tackles and broke up the first pass of his career at Duke (11/16) ... Spring 2020 SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll selection.Â
Freshman Year (2018): Played in all 13 games and was a core special teams player, contributing on kickoff, kickoff return, punt and punt return ... Credited with 16 tackles (12 solo), three sacks and one interception ... Tied for second on the Orange with three special teams tackles ... Valuable contributor for a coverage team that led the ACC in kickoff return defense (18.3 ypr) ... Helped the punt team finish atop the ACC rankings in net average (39.3) for the second consecutive year ... Made his collegiate debut at Western Michigan (8/31) … Carded his first career tackle – a sack for a loss of seven yards – and his first career interception on a deflected pass versus Wagner (9/8) … Made four tackles versus North Carolina (Oct. 20) … Registered his second sack of the season at Boston College (11/24) … Made a career-high six tackles, including one sack, versus West Virginia (12/28) in the Camping World Bowl.
2017: Redshirt season.
High School: Linebacker for head coach Larry Jusdanis at Clarkson Secondary School … No. 4 overall Canadian prospect, according to ESPN … Invited to participate in the 2016 International Federation of American Football U-19 World Championship in Harbin, China … Represented Ontario at the 2015 Canada Cup and collected Defensive Player of the Game honors … As a senior, tallied 72 solo tackles, 1.5 sacks, two interceptions and returned two fumbles for touchdowns … Team captain and MVP.
Personal: Tyrell Joseph Richards … Born on October 7, 1998 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada … Son of Anik and Nick Richards … Two sisters … Sociology major.
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