Colorado University Athletics

Eric Richter Biography

ERIC RICHTER
6-4, 305, OG
Mission Viejo, Calif. (Capistrano Valley/Saddleback College)

AT COLORADO: This Season (Jr.)-He enrolled at Colorado for the spring semester and will be available to participate in spring football.  He has three years to play two in eligibility.

AT SADDLEBACK COLLEGE (2008-09/Fr.-Soph.)- Named the No. 56 on the SuperPrep JuCo 100 list and is the eighth offensive lineman on the list. He earned All-State and All-National Division Southern Conference honors as a sophomore in 2009 at Saddleback College under coach Mark McElroy.  Saddleback earned a 16-6 record in his two years there, including 9-2 his sophomore season as he started at offensive guard in all 11 games and  helped anchor one of the most prolific offenses in school history.  Saddleback led the Southern Conference of the Southern California Football Association, scoring 37.5 points per game and racking up 370.9 yards of total offense per game, 142.0 on the ground and 228.9 through the air.  Saddleback did not make the playoffs in 2009 but did host the Western States Bowl and defeated College of the Canyons, 31-20.  He went head-to-head with Canyons' linebacker Evan Harrington, who also signed with the Buffs.  Saddleback was 7-4 his freshman season and he saw action in six games.  The Gauchos advanced to the Southern California Football Association playoffs, losing in the first round that season. 

HIGH SCHOOL - He earned first-team All-South Coast League mention as both a junior and senior at Capistrano Valley High School in Mission Viejo, Calif., in 2006 and '07, lettering twice under coach Chichi Biehn.  He was also named the team's most valuable player as a senior.  He started all 20 games his junior and senior seasons as Capistrano Valley. 

ACADEMICS - An accomplished student, he earned honor roll mention every semester at Capistrano Valley.  He intends to major in sociology at Colorado and is interested in law enforcement as a career after college. 

PERSONAL - He was born July 19, 1990 in Huntington Beach, Calif.  His older sister, Amber, played volleyball at Saddleback and earned the college's top female student-athlete award during the 2008-09 school year and she is currently playing volleyball at Cal State-Fullerton.  His younger sister, Crystal, plans to enroll at Saddleback and play volleyball next year.  His cousin, Ian Kennedy, played baseball at Southern California and was recently traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks from the New York Yankees, where he was the 21st overall selection in the 2006 Major League Baseball draft and made his major league debut on September 1, 2007.