2020 Football Roster
Richie Carpenter Jr.
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 194
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Dayton, Ohio
- High School:
- Wayne
- Prev School:
- Urbana
2021 Season
• Saw action against #6 Texas A&M assisting on 5 tackles
• Got time in the home opener against VMI
• Saw some time in the game at #5 Iowa
• Saw time at Maryland making one tackle
• Saw action against Bowling Green
• Saw time in primetime against Buffalo
• Saw action at Western Michigan
• Saw time at Ohio
• Saw action against NIU recording one tackle
• Saw time at Central Michigan making 2 tackles
• Got some action at Akron recording 5 tackles including one for a loss
• Saw time against Miami recording 4 tackles
2020 Season
• Played in all four games in 2020
• Third on the team with 20 tackles
• Also recorded two tackles for loss and a forced fumble
2019 Senior Season
• Played in 12 games
• Recorded 2 tackles on the season,
2018 Junior Season
• Did not see action
Prior to Kent State
• Played first two years of eligibility at Division II Lenoir-Rhyne and Urbana
• In 2017 at Urbana, played in 11 games and made 34 tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss, two interceptions and six passes broken up
• Saw action in eight games with seven tackles and two passes broken up in freshman season at Lenoir-Rhyne
• Was a member of the 2014 and 2015 OHSAA Division I runner-up teams at Wayne
• Named first team all-conference and all-district as a senior
• Registered 43 tackles, three interceptions, one touchdown and one forced fumble in senior season
• Made 31 tackles with three interceptions and one fumble recovery
Personal
• Born Aug. 29, 1997
• Son of Richard Carpenter and Christina Diviak
• Has one sibling, Javen
