Julian Richardson

Position:
OLB
Class:
Junior
Height:
6-3
Weight:
235
Hometown:
Albany, Ga.
High School:
Westover

2022: Appeared in eight games for Akron, including one start...recorded nine tackles, including three solo stops and six assisted tackles...registered a season-best four tackles versus Miami...added three tackles against Central Michigan.

2022 ACCOLADES: Academic All-MAC.

2021: Appeared in nine games for the Zips, including five starts...recorded 21 tackles, including 10 solo stops and 11 assisted tackles, while posting a pair of quarterback hurries and one tackle for a loss...registered a season-best six-tackle effort against Ball State (Nov. 2)...notched a pair of tackles and one QB hurry at Auburn (Sept. 4)...turned in two tackles and a QB hurry at Miami (Oct. 16)...tallied three tackles, including a TFL, against Kent State (Nov. 20)...also added a pair of tackles versus Ohio (Oct. 2), Buffalo (Oct. 23) and at Western Michigan (Nov. 9).

2021 ACCOLADES: Academic All-MAC Selection.

2020: Appeared in all six games for Akron, including earning one start...registered 18 tackles, including nine solo stops, while adding three tackles for a loss and a team-high three sacks for 17 yards...tallied a season-best five-tackle effort, while recording a sack at Ohio (Nov. 10)...registered a sack en route to a four-tackle performance at Kent State (Nov. 17)...logged a pair of tackles and a sack against Miami (Nov. 28).

2020 ACCOLADES: Academic All-MAC Selection.

2019: Played in 11 games...on the season, had 20 tackles, including 3.0 TFL for a loss of two yards...had three tackles against Ohio...had a season-high five tackles, including three solo stops, at Bowling Green...had two tackles against Troy and Buffalo...had a solo tackle at Central Michigan...made two solo stops in his collegiate debut at Illinois.

PRIOR TO AKRON: Three-year letterwinner at defensive end for coach Olten Downs at Westover HS...two-time first-team All-Region selection...2018 honorable mention all-state...as a senior had 80 tackles, including 30 solo stops and 12.0 TFL, and nine sacks...ranked in the Top 5 in the region for sacks...had four sacks in the 28-12 win over Americus-Sumter en route to WALB Player of the Week honors...as a junior had 73 tackles...as a sophomore, had 37 tackles...also participated in track for one year...All-Academic honoree...had the highest GPA on the football team.

PERSONAL: Pursuing a master’s degree in interdisciplinary business (MBA)...son of Julian and Lisa Richardson.