Richard Young
Colorado Buffaloes
40
Depth

Richard Young

Colorado BuffaloesAverage
RBOffenseDepthTRANSFER · Alabama
Depth

Is Richard Young starting?

Richard Young is No. 5 on the Colorado Buffaloes depth chart at RB.

Redshirt junior · #9 · 5'11", 210 lbs

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Depth at RB · Colorado Buffaloes

  1. 12964Micah WelchStarter
  2. 22047DeKalon Taylor
  3. 32647Damian Henderson II
  4. 42347JaQuail Smith
  5. 5940Richard YoungYou

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The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Lehigh Senior, ranked #61 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 64 rushing yards, 2 rush TD. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 40 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit4★ · #61 NatlTeam Share4%
Lehigh Acres, FL
Jersey
#9
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
5'11"
Weight
210 lbs
Transfer
Alabama

Stats

SeasonRush YdsRush TD
—642

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9722
National Rank
#61
High School
Lehigh Senior
Hometown
Lehigh Acres, FL

Why this rating?

On a 66-rated offense; 44th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.98 for competition level) put them -6 vs unit starters → 40.

Team offense (SP+)
66
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 44% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 16% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.98)
Depth-chart adjustment
-6 for role; −20 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 3LTTUYDS 5
CAR
4
YDS
5
AVG
1.3
TD
0

Final L 29-7

Sep 26LBAYYDS 31
CAR
8
YDS
31
AVG
3.9
TD
0

Final L 23-13

Sep 12WWEBYDS 3
CAR
1
YDS
3
AVG
3.0
TD
0

Final W 52-21

Sep 4WGTYDS 10
CAR
3
YDS
10
AVG
3.3
TD
0

Final W 14-13

Richard Young's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

64 rush yds · 2 TD · 5% of carries
Usage / Involvement11%
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