#15

Anthony Richardson

Former quarterback at Florida. 2022: 2,549 passing yards, 17 TD, 9 INT.

QB · Florida · So. · #15

6′4″ · 232 lb · Gainesville, FL

CFB Index 66 · #32 of 140 QBsHigh confidenceIndianapolis — drafted 2023, Rd 1, Pick 4, #4 overall

Recruiting

4★

DUAL recruit

No. 207 nationally · Signed with Florida

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former quarterback at Florida. 2022: 2,549 passing yards, 17 TD, 9 INT.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Florida in 2020.
Drafted round 1 by the Indianapolis in 2023.

His career, year by year

Career, closed

Gone at #4 overall.

How it ended

Three seasons at Florida, 3,105 passing yards — drafted at #4 overall by Indianapolis.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2020

Signed with Florida4-star out of Eastside

2023

Drafted by Indianapolisround 1, pick 4

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#207 national

CFB

College

Florida

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #4

Indianapolis · 2023

Featured in The Canon

#93

The 100 Best Players of the CFP Era

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

2 coaches

2020–2021

Dan Mullen

Florida

2022

Billy Napier

Florida

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Billy Napier. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

IndianapolisEntering 4th NFL season

#4Rd 1 · Pick 4

IndianapolisEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Florida8-4HC: Dan Mullen · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2021Florida6-7HC: Dan Mullen · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Florida6-7HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

66Quality starter #32 of 140?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (81st percentile). Strength: rush yards (96th percentile). Concern: success rate (20th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#32 / 169 · 81st pct

12.8%

Sack rate#42 / 169 · 75th pct

4.1%

EPA / dropback#72 / 169 · 58th pct

0.26

Interception rate#132 / 169 · 22nd pct

3.2%

Success rate#136 / 169 · 20th pct

41.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#8 / 177 · 96th pct

654

Rush TDs#12 / 177 · 92nd pct

Yards / att#61 / 177 · 65th pct

7.8

Pass yards#65 / 177 · 64th pct

2549

Pass TDs#65 / 177 · 62nd pct

Fumbles lost#83 / 169 · 38th pct

Interceptions#132 / 177 · 23rd pct

Completion %#154 / 177 · 13th pct

53.8%

Season trend

EPA / dropback— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Sack rate— first qualifying season

Interception rate— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

173/320 (54.1%) · 17 TD · 9 INT

320 of 327 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

7.0563 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

4.1%50 of 206 QBs

Rarely sacked (50 of 206 QBs) and still 63 of 206 in Adjusted ANY/A.

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

42%of completions

72 comp4.6 yds avg3 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

35%of completions

60 comp13.9 yds avg5 TD

Deep

20+ yds

24%of completions

41 comp32.0 yds avg7 TD

Overall 54.1% completion on 320 attempts · 41 deep completions averaging 32.0 yds.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home7g	147	0.9	8.3	0.9
Road5g	305	2.2	8.3	0.6

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	195	0.9	9.1	1.0
Weeks 8+5g	236	2.2	7.2	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jon Sumrall

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

66 · #32 of 140 QBs

Former four-star. Now #32 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Florida	176	327	53.8%	2,549	7.8	17	9	131.0	55	--	--
2021	Florida	38	64	59.4%	529	8.3	6	5	144.1	61	--	--
2020	Florida	1	2	50.0%	27	13.5	1	1	228.4	--	--	--
Career		215	393	54.7%	3,105	7.9	24	15	133.6	56	--	--

Season	Team
2022	Florida	103	654	6.3	9	--
2021	Florida	51	401	7.9	3	--
2020	Florida	7	61	8.7	0	--
Career		161	1,116	6.9	12	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 29–26

vs Utah

168 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.8 · 106 rush yds (11 car) · 3 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With J. Crawshaw — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 42 LONG · X. Henderson — 6 rec · 41 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Kentucky · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -10.86Anthony Richardson pass intercepted for a TD Keidron Smith return for 65 yds for a TD, (Matt Ruffolo KICK)
Week 7 · LSU · 2&16 · Q4 · EPA +7.19Anthony Richardson run for 81 yds for a TD, (Adam Mihalek KICK)
Week 9 · Georgia · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +7.04Xzavier Henderson 78 Yd pass from Anthony Richardson (Adam Mihalek Kick)
Week 5 · Eastern Washington · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Anthony Richardson pass complete to Justin Shorter for 75 yds for a TD, (Adam Mihalek KICK)
Week 12 · Vanderbilt · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +6.01Anthony Richardson pass complete to Daejon Reynolds for 74 yds for a TD, (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Week 10 · Texas A&M · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +5.88Anthony Richardson run for 60 yds for a TD, (Adam Mihalek KICK)
Week 7 · LSU · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +4.91Anthony Richardson pass complete to Justin Shorter for 51 yds for a TD, (Adam Mihalek KICK)
Week 4 · Tennessee · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -4.46Anthony Richardson run for no gain to the Tenn 13 Anthony Richardson fumbled, recovered by Tenn Jeremy Banks
Week 4 · Tennessee · 4&2 · Q3 · EPA +4.11Anthony Richardson pass complete to Justin Shorter for 39 yds to the Tenn 34 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Florida State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.01Anthony Richardson pass complete to Ricky Pearsall for 52 yds for a TD, (Adam Mihalek KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 29-26vs Utah	17/24	168	0	0	7.0	94.8
Wk 2	L 16-26vs Kentucky	14/35	143	0	2	4.1	3.8
Wk 3	W 31-28vs South Florida	10/18	112	0	2	6.2	11.6
Wk 4	L 33-38@ Tennessee	24/44	453	2	1	10.3	81.7	Season-high 453 yds
Wk 5	W 52-17vs Eastern Washington	8/10	240	2	1	24.0	100.0
Wk 6	W 24-17vs Missouri	8/14	66	1	1	4.7	79.2
Wk 7	L 35-45vs LSU	15/25	185	1	0	7.4	84.6
Wk 9	L 20-42@ Georgia	18/37	271	1	0	7.3	48.0
Wk 10	W 41-24@ Texas A&M	17/28	201	2	0	7.2	93.3
Wk 11	W 38-6vs South Carolina	11/23	112	2	0	4.9	90.5
Wk 12	L 24-31@ Vanderbilt	25/42	400	3	1	9.5	64.9	3 TD passes
Wk 13	L 38-45@ Florida State	9/27	198	3	1	7.3	60.9	3 TD passes
Total		176/327	2549	17	9	8.3	67.8

How he plays

Play style

Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

48.8%Completion %

25.0%Conversion/dropback

45.0%Land short of sticks

0INTs

48.8% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 25.0% conversion-per-dropback — 45.0% of completions land short of the sticks.

Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. ~ our read: checkdown by design