Player Profile: Shaquille Richmond

#4 Shaquille Richmond

Rivals.com: Profile as recruit

Position: Safety
Height: 6-0
Weight: 197
Class: Senior
Hometown: Grand Prairie, Texas
High School: Mansfield Timberview HS

2017 (So.): Saw action in six games, starting four games at safety ... Recorded starts against Kansas State, Texas, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State … Credited with 19 total tackles and 2.0 TFLs … at TCU: Recorded four solo tackles … Baylor: Had three solo tackles ... Added one TFL for a loss of six yards … at Texas: Tallied two tackles, one solo … Oklahoma: Recorded a career-high six tackles, five of them solo, to go along with 1.0 TFL … at Oklahoma State: Had three total tackles, including two solos, against the Cowboys.

2016 (RFr.): Provided depth at safety and on special teams in seven games … Credited with eight tackles … Stopped a fourth-down play in the backfield for his first TFL at West Virginia … Also credited with a personal-best three tackles against the Mountaineers … Rhode Island: Contributed one tackle in his KU debut … TCU: Recorded the second tackle of his career … at Baylor: Saw extended playing time and posted one tackle … at West Virginia: Turned in the best game of his career after collecting three tackles … Also notched his first tackle behind the line-of-scrimmage on a fourth-down play at KU’s 1-yard line … Texas: Notched one tackle in the victory over the Longhorns … at K-State: Posted one solo tackle against the Wildcats.

2015 (Fr.): Redshirted his first season at Kansas.

High School: Received three-star recognition by both Rivals and 247Sports.com… Named first-team all-district in 2014 after collecting 14 tackles, one interception, three pass breakups, two fumble recoveries that he ran back for touchdowns and one forced fumble… Played for head coach James Brown… Chose Kansas over offers from Louisville, New Mexico, SMU and UTEP.

Personal: Son of Tayauna Knight... Has two sisters, Jasmine Thomas and Shay Richmond and one brother, Max Knight... Undecided on a major.