Richie Falgout

Position:
Wide Receiver
Ht./Wt.:
6-0 / 185
Class:
Junior
High School:
Lafayette

2009-10 Sun Belt Conference Honor Roll

2007-08 Sun Belt Conference Honor Roll

2006-07 Sun Belt Conference Honor Roll

2009 (Junior): GRADUATED MAY 2010 (Management) Appeared in seven games at wide receiver and on special teams...Earned start at wide receiver at Middle Tennessee (second career start)... Ranked sixth on the team in receptions and fifth in receiving yards...Missed five of the first seven games due to a lingering ankle injury suffered in the season opener vs. Southern...Completed a 42-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Pierre Hill in the second quarter vs. Southern to extend NCAA record for consecutive touchdown passes to begin a career (4)...Made one catch for three yards vs. SU and had two catches for 11 yards vs. North Texas...Returned from injury to grab 15 receptions for 207 yards over final five games (average of 3 receptions for 41.4 yards per game)...Blocked a punt vs. North Texas that was scooped by teammate Andrew Joseph and returned 33 yards for a touchdown...Gets credit for a punt return of seven yards on the play...Had a career-high six receptions at Middle Tennessee for a season-best 76 yards...Named Cajuns Special Forces Co-Player of the Game, along with Joseph, for play vs. NT.

2008 (Sophomore): Played in all 12 games, starting first career game at wide receiver at ULM...Fifth in receptions and third in receiving yards...Had a season-long 82-yard reception vs. FIU before getting pushed out of bounds at the one-yard line...His 82 yards were a team game high...Made a season-high four receptions at FAU...Completed passes of 27 yards at Kansas State and 18 yards vs. Arkansas State, both for touchdowns.

2007 (Redshirt Freshman): Saw time in all 12 games at wide receiver, earning the start at Middle Tennessee...Played 158 snaps, including a season-best 42 snaps at UCF...Ranked fifth on the team in receptions, but seventh in receiving yards...Registered the Cajuns first touchdown pass of the season, throwing a 23-yard strike to Jason Chery vs. Ohio...Had multiple receptions in each of the five games in which he caught a pass...Collected a season-best five receptions for 31 yards vs. Troy...Had a season-high 23-yard catch at MT.

2006 (Freshman): Redshirted, did not play...Named Cajuns Offensive Scout Team Player of the Week against ASU.

Lafayette: Recorded over 40 catches in each of the last three years at Lafayette High School...Was an All-District 2-5A selection in 2005 with 46 catches for 612 yards and three scores in nine outings...Had 41 catches for 660 yards as a sophomore and 48 grabs for 723 as a junior...Earned All-District second-team honors in both his sophomore and junior seasons and moved to first team in 2004...Was a two-time All-Parish pick.

Personal: Full name is Richard Jacob Falgout...Born on September 18, 1987...Son of Candy and Louis Falgout...Has two older sisters, Rachel Lokitz and Aimee Falgout.