[qwerty49]

As far as I can tell, and please correct me if I am wrong, the gravity of Richardson's value to the team, and the main impetus to his scholie award, was his service as the team's lone quarterback in spring 2018. Not saying he did not deserve it nor that I am not happy for him, but it seems that outside of that, he was not a contributor.

-m.

That's one way to look at it.  I kinda think that any kid who shows up at practice every day, exposes himself to potential injury, learns the playbook, helps the team prepare, works out in the off-season, travels to away games, dresses on Saturday mornings, is prepared to go into the game on a moment's notice, supports his teammates from the sidelines and shares the emotions of victory or defeat -- is a contributor, whether he earns a stat on the field or not.

Sorry, but "contributor" implies more to me than just actual playing time.

[qwerty49]

As far as I can tell, and please correct me if I am wrong, the gravity of Richardson's value to the team, and the main impetus to his scholie award, was his service as the team's lone quarterback in spring 2018. Not saying he did not deserve it nor that I am not happy for him, but it seems that outside of that, he was not a contributor.

-m.

That's one way to look at it.  I kinda think that any kid who shows up at practice every day, exposes himself to potential injury, learns the playbook, helps the team prepare, works out in the off-season, travels to away games, dresses on Saturday mornings, is prepared to go into the game on a moment's notice, supports his teammates from the sidelines and shares the emotions of victory or defeat -- is a contributor, whether he earns a stat on the field or not.

Sorry, but "contributor" implies more to me than just actual playing time.