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Richard Svaleson
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Richard Svaleson
Richard Svaleson
Richard Svaleson
Dave Wegiel
Tyler Ingham
Richard Svaleson
Richard Svaleson
Richard Svaleson

22 King Frazier

  • Position Running Back
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 212
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Greenwood, Mo.
  • High School Lee's Summit HS

Biography

* 2016 All-MVFC First Team
* 2015 All-MVFC Second Team
* 2015 MVFC Offensive Player of the Week

2016 SEASON (SENIOR):
 All-Missouri Valley Football Conference first team...Started 12 of 13 games played, missing only the Youngstown State game with an injury...NDSU's second leading rusher with 183 attempts for 879 yards and a team-best 11 touchdowns...Averaged 4.8 yards per carry...Career-high 22 rushing attempts in the win at South Dakota, where he had 91 yards and a TD to help NDSU clinch its sixth straight conference title...Had two 100-yard games...Rushed for a season-high 126 yards and two scores at Missouri State and had 101 yards in the NCAA quarterfinal win over South Dakota State.

2015 SEASON (JUNIOR): All-Missouri Valley Football Conference second team...Played in all 15 games with 13 starts...NDSU's leading rusher with 219 carries for 1,158 yards and 11 touchdowns...Averaged 5.3 yards per carry to give NDSU a 1,000-yard rusher for the 13th straight season...MVFC Offensive Player of the Week after erupting for a career-high 177 yards in the win at Southern Illinois...That was the first of four straight games with a rushing TD...Scored in seven of the final eight games while rushing for 765 yards...Had a pair of 100-yard games in the NCAA playoffs including 107 and a TD against Northern Iowa and 121 with two TDs against Richmond...Carried 72 times for 368 yards and four TDs in four playoff games...Also proved versatile out of the backfield with 11 pass receptions for 139 yards on the season.

2014 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 16 games as the No. 2 tailback...Rushed 111 times for 616 yards  and four touchdowns while averaging 5.5 yards per carry...Caught two passes for 41 yards including a 29-yard touchdown against Incarnate Word...Season-high 15 carries against Indiana State and 106 rushing yards at South Dakota, his only 100-yard game...Longest run of the year was a 33-yard TD in the NCAA semifinal win over Sam Houston State that gave NDSU a 14-3 lead in the third quarter...Made two tackles on kickoff coverage.

BEFORE NDSU: Redshirted at Nebraska in 2012 and played in 12 games for the Huskers as a redshirt freshman in 2013...Totaled 12 carries 44 yards rushing with a rushing touchdown out of the backfield and was a key part of the special teams unit...Earned a spot on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the spring of 2013.

HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time all-conference running back at Lee's Summit High School under head coach Eric Thomas…Named to Class 5 all-state second team... Ran for 1,453 yards and scored 16 touchdowns as a junior...Accumulated over 600 yards receiving with eight touchdowns as a junior and senior combined...Had over 100 tackles in prep career as a linebacker...Three-year letterwinner.

PERSONAL: Graduated from NDSU with a bachelor's degree in university studies...Guardians are Monica and Jeffrey Baker...National runner-up in Judo at the 2009 Junior U.S. Open Fort Lauderdale in the U90k division...Third place finisher in 2010 at the USA Judo national championship.

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Historical Player Information

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    2014Sophomore

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    5'11" 216 lbs
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    2015Junior

    Running Back
    5'11" 213 lbs
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    2016Senior

    Running Back
    5'11" 212 lbs
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