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2025 Catamount Football Roster

8 Painter Richards-Baker

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 185
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Hillsborough, N.C.
  • High School Christ School

Biography

Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU during the spring out of the portal; At Dartmouth: Played in 29 games over four seasons with 29 catches for 458 career yards and three touchdowns for 18 career points … As a senior, caught a career-long 75 yard touchdown pass against Merrimack … Finished his final season with 260 receiving yards and two scores … Was slowed by injury as a sophomore in 2022 that limited him to just three games played … Played in nine games as a freshman in 2021, making his first career start at Brown; High School: Played a variety of positions from wide receiver, cornerback, safety, and kicked … Caught 25 passes, five touchdowns, and amassed 650 all-purpose yards as a senior, helping his team to a state championship … Attended Christ School after single years at Cedar Ridge and Benedictine College Prep … Also ran track where he was a senior captain that led the school to a runner-up finish in the state meet, winning both the 110m hurdles and the 300m hurdles.

Personal: Is the son of Kara Richards and Andrew Baker … Has a brother … Father, Andrew, played football at Guilford College in the early 1990s.

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