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RichardBascom
- position Defensive Tackle
- height 6-5
- Weight 269
- class Senior
- Hometown Louisville, Ky.
- High school St. Xavier
2021 – Junior
- Practiced with the team
2020 – Sophomore
- Practiced with the team
- Dean’s List (Fall 2020)
- Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
2019 – Freshman
- Practiced with the team
High School
- Three-year letter winner at Saint Xavier under head coach Kevin Wallace
- Started at defensive end and helped lead the Tigers to 9-4 record as a senior, totaling 68 tackles and 7.0 sacks
- Named All-State honorable mention and was a member of the Courier Journal’s All-Metro Louisville football team as a senior
- Helped St. Xavier go 12-3 and finish as state runner up in 2017
- Also played basketball for two seasons
- Member of the National Honor Society
- Chose Kentucky over Butler, Jacksonville and Louisville
Personal
- Born in Louisville, Kentucky
- Son of Theresa and Rich Bascom
- Has a twin brother, Alex, also on the team
- Double majoring finance and management
Richard Says
- He chose Kentucky because he wanted to experience the highest level of football
- After his football career, he would like to be an investment banker
- His sports hero is Justin Thomas because he’s from Louisville and he’s one of the greatest to ever play golf
- The three people he would invite to his fantasy dinner are Robert Herjavec, Donald Trump, and Lebron James
- The best advice he’s ever received is “do what you think is right, not what others think is right”