Massive OL/DL gaining interest

Offensive lineman/defensive tackle Brandon Richardson out of New Brighton, Pa. has three offers on the table and is seeing a lot of other interest from schools as the recruiting season is beginning to heat up.

The 6-foot-4 and 325-pound lineman has offers from Pittsburgh and North Carolina A&T, but is also waiting on Boston College, Syracuse, Connecticut, West Virginia, North Carolina State, Minnesota and Florida State, who have all been paying a lot of attention to him in recent weeks.

So far the lineman has visited North Carolina A&T and said he plans on taking all five visits.

“I don’t want to commit anywhere, I want to check out every one first, I don’t want to get my hopes up on a school. I’m reasonable and I look at everybody, everybody gets a fair chance. Where I feel comfortable most at is where I’ll go.”

Richardson is planning visits with Boston College and North Carolina State in December and January (dates not set yet) and mentioned that the other two visits are still up in the air.

This season Richardson was all-conference on both sides of the ball as he helped New Brighton to a 5-4 record. His totals for the year include 40 tackles, 12 sacks, 15 quarterback hurries and two blocked passes. On the other side of the ball he averaged 15 pancakes a game. With these numbers, schools are interested in Richardson for both offense and defense. So what does he want to play?

“I don’t have a preference, but defense was my first love. But I’ve gotten to love offense too. Boston College wants me as a defensive tackle while the others told me I could end up on either side."

As for what he wants out of a school, Richardson said, “A good coaching staff and one that’s going to be there for at least the next two to three years. Also a coaching staff that plays talent before seniority.”

Richardson said that he plans to make a decision between late January and Signing Day.