Fun Facts:

• Before the draft, the farthest north Richard had ever been was New Haven, Connecticut. 
• Richard's favorite player (model) growing up was Bryant Young of the San Francisco 49ers.

High School: Lower Richland...three-year starter on both sides of the ball...First Team All-Region and All-Area...led team with 83 tackles and eight sacks as a senior...was All-Area Player of the Week once and his team earned All-Area Team of the Week four times in 1996...team captain...voted Best Defensive Lineman on team...also played basketball and ran track...High School Coach: Dave Moore.

College:

1997 — Played in nine games as defensive lineman during '97 season...

1998 — Outstanding spring...recorded three tackles and one pass break-up in annual spring G-Day game...listed as second team DT at conclusion of spring drills...played in all 11 regular season games including four starts...fourth-leading tackler on the Bulldog team with 69 total tackles...active in many defensive categories including sacks (4), tackles-for-loss (5), and QB pressures (14)...best games vs. Tennessee (12 tackles, 1 sack), vs. Kentucky (11 tackles), and vs. LSU (8 tackles, 1.5 sacks)...

1999 - All-American caliber player who can make things happen along the defensive front....outstanding spring, which included one tackle and one QB sack in annual spring G-Day game....named to pre-season All-SEC first team by Lindy’s...named one of permanent team captains for the 1999 Bulldogs...outstanding season in which he led the team in tackles (74) — a rare accomplishment for a defensive lineman....led team in tackles-for-loss with 10 in addition to four sacks....named SEC Defensive Player of the Week for performance against South Carolina (six tackles, two sacks, one tackle-for-loss)....other best games vs. Georgia Tech (13 tackles) and Tennessee (12 tackles, 1 sack)..... part of defense that ranked 17th nationally against the rush and limited Kentucky to minus 50 yards rushing, LSU to 46 rushing and LSU to 11 rushing yards...named to AP All-SEC first team...recorded one tackle and two pass break-ups in Georgia's 28-25 come-from-behind overtime victory over Purdue in the Outback Bowl, the biggest comeback in bowl history (from 0-25 deficit) and the first major sporting event of the 21st century (11:07 a.m., Jan. 1, 2000)....

2000 - Named to Playboy Magazine pre-season All-America team....named to pre-season All-SEC first team by Birmingham News, Lindy's Football Magazine, Athlon Football Magazine, The Sporting News, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution...all-star season as he recorded 78 total tackles and a team-leading 10.5 tackles-for-loss....SEC Defensive Player of the Week for performance in victory over Tennessee (9 tackles, 1 sack, 2 tackles-for-loss)...semi-finalist for national defensive player of the year by Football News...Outland Award Watch List...named first team All-American by Walter Camp and American Football Coaches Association....named All-SEC first team by SEC Coaches, Associated Press, Football News and The Sporting News....part of senior class that finished with a 19-5 home record--the best since the senior class of 1992...Football News Honorable Mention All-American...recorded one tackle, one sack, and one tackle-for-loss in Georgia's 37-14 victory over Virginia in the 2000 Oahu Bowl, Georgia's fourth consecutive bowl victory...Major: Housing and Consumer Economics.