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2024 Football Roster

54 Franklin Richardson

  • Position OL
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 305
  • Class Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown / HS / Last School Gettysburg, Pa.

Biography

2024 (Redshirt Sophomore)
  • Saw action in three games but missed the rest of the season due to an injury. 

2023 (Redshirt Freshman)
  • Missed season due to injury.

2022 (Freshman)
  • Redshirt season
  • Did not see any game action on the year
  • Participated in 2022 spring practice at Coastal
  • Named the team's Academic Player of the Week on March 8, 2022
  • Enrolled at Coastal Carolina in January 2022
  • Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.25 GPA or higher for a freshman) in both the 2022 fall and 2023 spring semesters

High School
  • Rated as a three-star recruit at offensive tackle for the Class of 2022 by 247Sports and On3
  • Rated as a two-star recruit at offensive tackle for the Class of 2022 by Rivals
  • Touted as the 30th-best prospect in the Class of 2022 in the state of Pennsylvania by On3
  • Ranked the 46th-best prospect for the Class of 2022 in the state of Pennsylvania by 247Sports
  • A two-way player for Gettysburg High School and head coach Matt Heiser, playing on both the offensive and defensive lines
  • Three-year starter on the varsity football team, helping his team go 19-9 over those three years
  • Named to the 2020 Class 5A All-EasternPAFootball.com second team as an offensive lineman his junior year
  • Named to the YAIAA Division II Coaches All-Star first team as a defensive tackle and second team as an offensive tackle his senior season in 2021
  • Was voted first-team YAIAA Division II Coaches All-Star at both offensive tackle and defensive tackle his junior year in 2020
  • Led his Warriors’ team to a 7-4 overall record and advanced to the state playoffs his senior year
  • Helped clear the way for Gettysburg running back Landon McGee to rush for over 1,000 yards on the season in 2021
  • Was a starter on the varsity team that went 8-3 and made the playoffs his sophomore season
  • Started playing football in the eighth grade
  • Cousin, Forrest Rhyne, plays football at Villanova
  • Chose Coastal over Navy, Villanova, UConn, UMass, Rhode Island, Lehigh, Dartmouth, Harvard, Fordham, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Bucknell, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale

Statistics

Season:
2024

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 54

    2022Freshman

    OL
    6'5" 295 lbs
    54
  • 54

    2023Redshirt Freshman

    OL
    6'5" 305 lbs
    54
  • 54

    2024Redshirt Sophomore

    OL
    6'5" 305 lbs
    54