Weston Richburg

No. 70 New York Giants

Position:

Center

Personal information

Date of birth:

July 9, 1991

Place of birth:

Louisville, Kentucky

Height:

6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Weight:

298 lb (135 kg)

Career information

High school:

Bushland (TX)

College:

Colorado State

NFL draft:

2014 / Round: 2 / Pick: 43

Career history

New York Giants (2014–present)

Roster status:

Active

Career highlights and awards

First-team All-MWC (2013)
Honorable Mention All-MWC (2012)
Second-team All-MWC (2011)

Career NFL statistics as of 2015

Games Played:	31
Games Started:	30
Player stats at NFL.com

Weston Blaine Richburg (born July 9, 1991) is an American football center for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Giants in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Colorado State.

High school career

A native of Bushland, Texas, Richburg attended Bushland High School, where he was a two-sport star in football and track. In football, he was a two-way lineman and team captain. As a senior, he recorded two sacks as a defensive lineman, but earned first-team all-district honors on the offensive line. The Bushland Falcons went undefeated (10–0) through the regular season, but lost in the first round of the UIL 2A Division I playoffs to eventual state champ Muleshoe.

Richburg also competed in track & field at Bushland as a thrower. He captured the state title in the shot put event at the 2009 UIL T&F Championships, with a PR throw of 18.34 meters (60 ft 1 in), setting a school record, that ranks as the fourth-best throw by a Texas prep athlete in any classification and worthy of the Texas Class 2A gold medal.^[1] In the discus, he got a top-throw of 53.31 meters (172 ft 2 in) at the 2009 Texas Tech Regional Qualifiers, where he took bronze. He also competed as a hurdler earlier in high school.

Recruiting

Regarded as a two-star recruit by Rivals.com, Richburg was not ranked among the best offensive lineman of the class of 2009, which also included D. J. Fluker and Taylor Lewan.^[2] He chose Colorado State over Texas Christian, the only other scholarship offer he received. ^[3]

College career

In the beginning of his senior season, Richburg was graded at greater than 90 percent in all five games.^[4]

Professional career

2014 NFL Draft

Richburg was considered one of the best center prospects for the 2014 NFL Draft.^[5] He was drafted by the New York Giants in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft, becoming the most recent Colorado State offensive lineman to be selected in an NFL Draft, following Shelley Smith in 2010.^[6]

Pre-draft measurables
Ht	Wt	Arm length	Hand size	40-yd dash	10-yd split	20-yd split	20-ss	3-cone	Vert	Broad	BP
6 ft 3 in	298 lb	33 ³⁄₈ in	9 ¹⁄₄ in	5.10 s			4.63 s	7.93 s	25 ¹⁄₂ in	8 ft 10 in	25 reps
All values from NFL Combine^[7]

2014-2015

Due to numerous injuries to offensive lineman in his rookie season, most notably to guards Chris Snee and Geoff Schwartz, Richburg, despite initially intended as the backup center in his rookie season, was forced to play out of position at guard. Because of his limited experience and relatively small size for the position, he struggled. In 2015, Weston Richburg was returned to his natural position of center, and with a year of NFL experience under his belt, he soon showed himself to be among the league's best centers; Pro Football Focus ranked him as the NFL's #2 center for the 2015 season.

References

External links

New York Giants 2014 NFL draft selections

Odell Beckham Jr. Weston Richburg Jay Bromley Andre Williams Nat Berhe Devon Kennard Bennett Jackson

New York Giants current roster

Active roster	2 K. J. Maye 3 Josh Brown 5 Tom Obarski 6 Kadron Boone 8 Anthony Dablé 9 Donte Foster 9 Brad Wing 10 Eli Manning 12 Ryan Nassib 13 Odell Beckham Jr. 15 B. J. Daniels 15 Tavarres King 17 Dwayne Harris 18 Geremy Davis 19 Myles White 20 Janoris Jenkins 21 Landon Collins 22 Mykkele Thompson 23 Rashad Jennings 24 Bennett Jackson 25 Tramain Jacobs 26 Orleans Darkwa 27 Darian Thompson 28 Eli Apple 29 Nat Berhe 30 Cooper Taylor 31 Trevin Wade 33 Andrew Adams 33 Bobby Rainey 34 Shane Vereen 35 Marshaun Coprich 36 Justin Currie 37 Leon McFadden 38 Donte Deayon 39 Michael Hunter 39 Paul Perkins 41 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie 44 Andre Williams 45 Will Tye 46 Will Johnson 48 Tyler Ott 49 Nikita Whitlock 51 Zak DeOssie 52 Jonathan Casillas 53 Jasper Brinkley 54 Olivier Vernon 55 J. T. Thomas 57 Keenan Robinson 58 Owa Odighizuwa 59 Devon Kennard 60 Adam Gettis 61 Dillon Farrell 62 Ryan Seymour 63 Emmett Cleary 64 Shane McDermott 64 Greg Milhouse 65 Jake Rodgers 66 Brad Bars 67 Justin Pugh 68 Bobby Hart 69 Brett Jones 70 Weston Richburg 71 Stansly Maponga 72 Kerry Wynn 73 Marshall Newhouse 74 Ereck Flowers 75 Byron Stingily 76 Melvin Lewis 77 John Jerry 78 Romero Okwara 79 Montori Hughes 80 Victor Cruz 81 Matt LaCosse 82 Roger Lewis 83 Ishaq Williams 84 Larry Donnell 86 Darius Powe 87 Sterling Shepard 88 Ryan Malleck 89 Jerell Adams 90 Jason Pierre-Paul 91 Kelvin Sheppard 93 B. J. Goodson 94 Mark Herzlich 95 Johnathan Hankins 96 Jay Bromley 97 Louis Nix 98 Damon Harrison 99 Mike Rose -- Matt Smalley

Reserve lists	47 Uani 'Unga (IR) 83 Ben Edwards (IR)

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Sporting positions
Preceded by J. D. Walton	Starting Center of the New York Giants 2015–present	Succeeded by TBD

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