ACADEMIC HONORS & AWARDS
- National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society (2025)
- Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2024) |
Career Summary
- Played in 47 games, including 37 of 38 over final three seasons.
- Totaled 1,158 rushing yards on 229 carries with 15 touchdowns and added 22 receptions for 155 yards and one score.
- Finished 11th in program history in career punt return yards (342) and added 18 kickoff returns for 311 yards.
- Finished 27th in school history in career rushing yards.
2024
- Ranked second on the team in rushing with 102 carries for 381 yards and four TDs and added 12 receptions for 70 yards and 13 punt returns for 128 yards.
- Powered a 277-yard rushing game for JHU in a 51-7 win at Gettysburg with nine carries for 84 yards and two scores.
- Rushed for a team-high 81 yards and one touchdown in a 30-0 win against Dickinson. In the process, became the 31st player in program history to top 1,000 career rushing yards.
- Added a career-long 45-yard punt return against Dickinson, the longest punt return for a Johns Hopkins player since Artie Collins took one back 48 yards against McDaniel in 2022.
- Capped career with four carries for 35 yards in a 45-37 loss at Mount Union in the NCAA Semifinals.
2023
-  Played in 12 of Hopkins’ 13 games.
- Â Finished fourth on the team in rushing with 54 carries for 324 yards and six touchdowns.
- Â Six rushing touchdowns ranked third on the team.
- Â Added six receptions for 79 yards and one score and added 10 punt returns for 67 yards.
- Â With an 85-yard rush (TD) against Gettysburg and a 56-yard reception (TD) against Rowan, became just the third player in school history with a rush of 80-plus yards and a reception of 50-plus yards in the same season (Joe Cowan-1968 / Chris Chirieleison-1986).
-  Had seven carries for 53 yards and added one reception for 56 yards in a 55-20 win at Rowan. The 56-yard reception went for a touchdown that gave JHU a 48-20 lead in the third quarter.
-  Rushed six times for 103 yards and one touchdown in a 49-28 win against Gettysburg. Had an 85- yard touchdown run against the Bullets that ranks as the second-longest rush in school history.
- Â Sparked 42-14 win over Ursinus with nine rushes for 40 yards and two touchdowns.
- Â Added 44 rushing yards and two touchdowns in a 62-20 win over Western Connecticut in the first round of the NCAA Playoffs.
2022
- Â Played in all 11 games on the year.
- Â Rushed 40 times for 280 yards and three touchdowns to rank third on the team in rushing.
- Â Added 10 kickoff returns for 212 yards and 12 punt returns for 147 yards.
- Â With 35-yard punt returns against Juniata and Franklin & Marshall, became first Hopkins player with two punt returns of 35-plus yards in one season since Charlie Coker in 1968.
- Â Rushed 10 times for 43 yards and one TD and added a 35-yard punt return in a 70-0 win against Juniata.
- Â Added eight carries for 70 yards in a 54-0 win over Moravian.
-  Sparked a 60-7 win over Gettysburg with a season-high 135 rushing yards and two TDs. Added two kickoff returns for 58 yards and two punt returns for 15 yards in the win to account for a season-high 208 all-purpose yards.
2021
-  Saw action in 10 of JHU’s 12 games in first season at Homewood.
- Â Rushed 33 times for 173 yards and two touchdowns and added eight kickoff returns for 99 yards on the year.
- Â Had two carries for 39 yards and one touchdown in a 66-10 win over Franklin & Marshall.
- Â Added five carries for 45 yards in a 50-0 win at Gettysburg.
- Â Started in a 45-35 loss at Mount Union in the second round of the NCAA Playoffs and rushed seven times for 30 yards while also returning seven kickoffs for 88 yards.
At Heritage
- Member of football and baseball teams.
- Four-year member of varsity football team and helped team to a four-year mark of 27-19 with one appearance in the state semifinals and two trips to the quarterfinals.
- GISA AAA All-State and All-District and First Team All-Coweta County as a junior after rushing for 1,500 yards and 14 touchdowns.
- Totaled 1,000 all-purpose yards and nine TDs as a senior en route to earning First Team All-Coweta County and GHSA Single-A Private School All-Region honors.
- Punched up 900 all-purpose yards and 12 TDs on regional title team as a sophomore, when he was a second team all-county and honorable mention all-region selection.
- GHSA All-Region selection in baseball after hitting .300 as a senior.
- Member of region-champion and fifth-place state-finishing 4x100 relay team as a sophomore.
Personal
- Andrew Rich.
- The son of Jimmy and Dorothy Rich.
- Has two older brothers, Christopher and Candler.
- Brother, Candler, was a four-year letter winner in football at Yale (2013-16) and was an Honorable Mention All-Ivy selection as a sophomore (RB).
- Majoring in applied mathematics and statistics.
