Kevin Lamont Richardson (born May 15, 1986) is an American former starting

running back A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive American football plays#Offensive terminology, handoffs from the quarterback to Rush (American football)#Offen ...

for the

Appalachian State Mountaineers The Appalachian State Mountaineers are the athletic teams that represent Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, United States. The Mountaineers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and wer ...

for the 2005–2007 seasons. He holds school records for the most career rushing yards (4,804), the most rushing yards in a single season (1,676 in 2006), the highest career

all-purpose yardage All-purpose yards or all-purpose yardage is a gridiron football statistical measure. It is virtually the same as the statistic that some football leagues refer to as combined net yards. In the game of football, progress is measured by advancing ...

(6,104), and the most rushing

touchdown A touchdown (abbreviated as TD) is a scoring play in gridiron football. Whether running, passing, returning a kickoff or punt, or recovering a turnover, a team scores a touchdown by advancing the ball into the opponent's end zone. In Ameri ...

s in a single season (30 in 2006). Richardson was a key contributor to three seasons of unprecedented success for the Mountaineers. He scored multiple touchdowns in all three of the team's

FCS championship The NCAA Division I Football Championship is an annual post-season college football game, played since 2006, used to determine a national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). From 1978 to 2005, the game was kn ...

victories, and he rushed for 88 yards in the Mountaineers' 34–32 upset victory over the then #5

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of the

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External links

Appalachian State website: Kevin Richardson biographyESPN website: Kevin Richardson profile, with career statisticsWinston-Salem Journal: a 2006 profile of the former walkon2006 Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Year
1986 births Living people People from Elizabethtown, North Carolina Players of American football from North Carolina American football running backs Appalachian State Mountaineers football players {{collegefootball-player-stub