Michael Richard
Michigan State Spartans
87
Great

Michael Richard

Michigan State SpartansRebuilding
NBDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Louisiana Tech
Projected Starter

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Michael Richard is the projected starter at NB for Michigan State Spartans.

Senior · #7 · 5'10", 179 lbs

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Depth at NB · Michigan State Spartans

  1. 1787Michael RichardStarter
  2. 23465Khalil Majeed

Michigan State Starting Lineup

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Up next for Michigan State

Michigan State plays Michigan away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

The Ballhawk

A 3-star recruit out of Edna Karr, ranked #1,896 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 38 tackles, 3 INT, 3 PBU. That's 6% of the team's production at his spot and 86th-percentile production nationally — good for a 87 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,896 NatlTeam Share6%Percentile86th
New Orleans, LA
Jersey
#7
Class
SR/TR
Height
5'10"
Weight
179 lbs
Transfer
Louisiana Tech

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—3833

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8317
National Rank
#1896
High School
Edna Karr
Hometown
New Orleans, LA

Why this rating?

On a 80-rated defense; 86th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.85 for competition level) put them +7 vs unit starters → 87.

Team defense (SP+)
80
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 86% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 28% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.85)
Depth-chart adjustment
+7 for role

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 24LUCLATKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-10

Oct 17LNUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-21

Oct 10LILLTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 38-37 OT

Sep 26LNEBTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-13

Sep 19LNDTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 27-10

Sep 12WEMUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 35-7

Sep 5WTOLTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 30-20

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

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Team Role

Ballhawk
38 tkl · 3 PD · 3 INT
Usage / Involvement100%
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