2019 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Season: Made 12 appearances, including two starts...One of 18 Nittany Lions to make their first career start.
Idaho (8/31): Rushed for 9 yards on five carries...Scored on a 1-yard run in the first quarter...Added a 26-yard catch. Buffalo (9/7): Gained 8 yards on three carries. Pittsburgh (9/14): Ran for 4 yards on four carries...Had two catches for 42 yards, including a career-long 40 yard reception. at Maryland (9/27): Gained 28 yards on eight carries...Scored on a 3-yard run in the first quarter...Caught three passes for 22 yards. Purdue (10/5): Ran for 2 yards...Caught one pass. at Iowa (10/12): Gained 8 yards on four carries. Michigan (10/19): Rushed for 48 yards on three carries...Had a 44-yard rush in the first quarter...Caught two passes for 2 yards. at Michigan State (10/26): Had four carries for 12 yards. at Minnesota (11/9): Made one catch. Indiana (11/16): Rushed for 1 yard...Had an 18-yard catch. Rutgers (11/30): Gained 36 yards on six carries. vs. Memphis (12/28): Had five carries for 58 yards...Had a 44-yard carry in the second quarter.
2018 • TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Appeared in nine games...One of 16 true freshmen to make their collegiate debut...One of 40 players to make their first Penn State appearance.
Appalachian State (9/1): Made first career appearance...Rushed six times for 39 yards...Tallied first career touchdown on a 27-yard run in the third quarter. at Pittsburgh (9/8): Rushed for 13 yards on four carries. Kent State (9/15): Earned five carries...Scored on a 2-yard run in the third quarter. at Illinois (9/21): Ran for 94 yards on 10 carries...Rushed for two scores, including a 61-yard run in the fourth quarter...Scored on a 1-yard run. Michigan State (10/13): Had one carry for 8 yards. Wisconsin (11/10): Had two carries for 1 yard. at Rutgers (11/17): Gained 10 yards on two carries. Maryland (11/24): Rushed for 64 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries...Had 8- and 1-yard touchdown runs...Made first career catch, a 12-yard reception. vs. Kentucky (1/1): Rushed for 27 yards on four carries, including a 12-yard run.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-time letterman for head coach Tony Lilly at C.D. Hylton High School...Two-time team captain...Selected to the Under Armour All-America Game and the Polynesian Bowl...Had seven carries for 23 yards and four receptions for 26 yards and a touchdown for Team Spotlight in the Under Armour All-American Game...Competed in Nike's The Opening Finals on Team Mach Speed with Nittany Lion teammate Justin Shorter...Garnered All-USA Offense All-America second-team accolades from USA Today as a senior...Named the 2017 Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year, becoming just the second player from Prince William County to win the honor (B.J. Hawkins in 1989)...Selected as 2017 All-USA Virginia Offensive Player of the Year...Named the VHSL Class 6A Offensive Player of the Year as a senior...Claimed a first-team spot on USA Today’s All-USA Virginia Football Team as a senior...Named to USA Today’s all-state second team as a junior...Was a first-team VHSL Class 6A All-State selection as a running back and kick returner as a senior...Collected first-team VHSL Class 6A All-State honors as a running back as a junior...Named Washington Post All-Met first team in 2017...Selected All-Occoquan Region first team as a running back and kick returner as a senior...Three-time all-region choice...Three-time all-district selection...Three-time all-conference honoree...Finished with 5,499 career rushing yards, which is second in county history...Accounted for 1,978 rushing yards and 30 touchdowns to go along with 22 receptions for 283 yards and five scores as a senior...Rushed for more than 300 yards in two games, including a school-record 343 yards against Colgan...Scored eight touchdowns against Colgan, which ranks fifth all-time in Virginia High School League history...Had 1,509 rushing yards with 16 touchdowns and 338 receiving yards with four scores as a junior...Recorded 711 rushing yards with eight touchdowns in just five games as a sophomore...Had 1,309 rushing yards and 18 scores as a freshman...A consensus four-star prospect by all three major recruiting outlets – 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals...Is a five-star on the 247Sports Composite...Ranked as the No. 62 overall prospect, No. 1 player in Virginia and No. 1 all-purpose back nationally by 247Sports...Ranked as the No. 17 overall prospect, No. 2 running back, No. 1 in Virginia and No. 4 in the region by ESPN...Ranked No. 37 overall prospect, No. 2 running back and No. 2 recruit in Virginia by Rivals...Lettered once in track & field as a sprinter.
PERSONAL
Full name is Richard D. Slade Jr....Son of Heather and Richard Slade Sr....Has two sisters, Kailyn Slade and Brittney Hazel...Sister, Kailyn, played soccer at Virginia Commonwealth University...Volunteered as a peer mentor in high school...Hobbies include playing basketball...Born April 27, 2000 in Fairfax, Virginia.