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•    His 43 career field goals made are tied for fifth at NIU all-time while his 54 attempts are tied for sixth. 
•    With 215 points, ranked sixth on the NIU career kick scoring list. 
•    Seventh on the NIU career list for PATs made and attempted with 86 of each, a perfect 1.000 percentage.
•    Has four career game-winning field goals.

2021
•    Earned third team All-MAC honors from PFF and Phil Steele. 
•    Ranked second in the MAC in scoring, averaging 8.3 points a game and led the league and ranked ninth in the FBS in field goals per game with 1.69.
•    Connected on field goals in 10 games and had at least two three-pointers in eight contests. 
•    Set the NIU record for field goals made in a season with 22, on 27 attempts. 
•    Went six-of-seven on field goals of 40 yards or longer and hit 12-of-13 threes from inside 33 yards with the only miss coming on a muffed snap at Toledo (10-9).   
•    Perfect on five PATs and made field goals of 37 and 30 yards in the MAC Championship game win over Kent State (12-4). 
•    Made field goals of 41 and 45 yards, and all five of his PAT tries, versus Coastal Carolina in the Cure Bowl (12-17).  
•    Tallied 10 points in the overtime win at Buffalo (11-17) with four extra points and field goals of 20 and 27 yards.
•    Versus Ball State (11-10), connected on all three extra points and three field goal attempts, including the game winner, a 32-yarder with no time on the clock, to earn MAC West Special Teams Player of the Week. 
•    Made 20-of-27 field goals on the season, tied for second most field goals made in a single season all-time while his 27 attempts were tied for third. 
•    His 102 points scored ranked sixth in a single season and were the most by a Huskie kicker since 2013.   
•    Named MAC West Special Teams Player of the Week after hitting a school record five-of-six field goals at Toledo, including the game-winner on a 29-yard attempt with 26 seconds left to play. 
•    Recorded a season-long 47-yardfield goal in the fourth quarter at Toledo. 
•    Also handled NIU kickoff duties with 81 kickoffs for a 55.8-yard average with 31 touchbacks.

2020
• Handled all placekicking duties.
• Connected on all 14 PATs on the season to remain perfect in his career (44-for-44).
• One of just four MAC kickers to make all of their PATs.
• Converted on 7-of-9 field goals.
• Kicked a season-long 46-yard field goal at Eastern Michigan (12-12).
• Hit one field goal of at least 40 yards in five of six contests.
• Eclipsed 100 career points with six points against Toledo (12-5).
• Kicked off 29 times for a 48.2 yard average and five touchbacks.

2019
• Played in all 12 games as NIU’s primary placekicker.
• Went 14-for-18 on field goals with a long of 51 and a perfect 30-for-30 on PATs.
• Made his first field goal attempt of the season from 25 yards out in the season opener against Illinois State (8-31).
• Hit on a 46-yard field goal at Utah (9-7).
• Connected on a pair of field goal attempts at Nebraska (9-14), including a 45-yard attempt.
• Named MAC West Special Teams Player of the Week after making a game-winning 37-yard field goal as time expired in NIU’s 39-36 win at Ohio (10-12).
• Also made a 51-yard field goal in the first quarter against the Bobcats, which was the longest field goal by an NIU kicker since 2015.
• Perfect on all seven point after touchdown attempts against Akron (10-26).
• Earned MAC West Special Teams Player of the Week honors after he made his second game-winning field goal of the season with a 25-yard kick with 41 seconds left in the Huskies’ 31-28 win at Toledo (11-13). He also made all four of his PAT attempts.

2018
• Received a redshirt season.
• Handled kickoffs in last three games of the season.
• Kicked off four times at Western Michigan (11-20), six times versus Buffalo in the MAC Championship game (11-30), and twice versus UAB in the Boca Raton Bowl (12-18).
• Averaged 62.2 yards on 12 total kickoffs for 747 yards with four touchbacks, including three in the Buffalo game.
Averaged 63.7 yards on his six kickoffs in the MAC Championship game.
•Recorded one tackle on a kickoff versus UAB.

High School
•Holds the state record for most consecutive PATs made with 101 over three seasons on the varsity team.
•Named Special Teams Player of the Year following his sophomore, junior and senior seasons.
•First team all-conference and honorable mention All-State as a senior.
•Made career long field goal from 48 yards out during the 2017 season and hit six of his eight field goal attempts overall.
•As a sophomore, connected on all nine of his field goal attempts; added seven field goals in 2016.
•Punted 31 times his senior season for an average of 41.7 yards.

Personal
• Born April 23 to parents Robin Thompson and Reginald Richardson.
• Leadership and Management major.