University of Massachusets Athletics
2022 Football Roster
Jersey Number 2
Rico Arnold
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Athens, Ga.
- High School:
- Clarke Central
- Prev School:
- Charlotte
2022 • Redshirt Senior
2021 • Redshirt Junior
• Totaled 27 catches for 461 yards and three touchdowns in 11 games played
• Caught two passes including a 56-yard touchdown reception vs. Boston College (09/11) and had a total of 85 yards in the contest.
• Made four catches for 38 yards at No. 17 Coastal Carolina (9/25)
• Had a team-high 44 yards on three catches, including a 39-yard grab vs. Toledo (10/2)
• Caught two passes for 21 yards vs. UConn (10/9)
• Had on reception for nine yards at Florida State (10/23)
• Season-high of 99 yards receiving vs. Rhode Island (11/06), and a game-high of six receptions.
• Recorded a career-long 73-yard touchdown reception at New Mexico State (11/27)
Before Massachusetts
• 2018 Conference USA All-Freshman team at Charlotte
• Played in five games in 2020 at Charlotte
• Had one catch for 15 yards against App State and another catch for 15 yards versus North Texas
• Recorded a reception for six yards against UTEP.
• Returned four kicks for 79 total yards against WKU
• Redshirted the 2019 season following season-ending preseason injury
• Played in 11 games, making two starts in 2018
• Third on the 49ers with 22 catches and 302 receiving yards in 2018
• Averaged 13.7 yards per catch and 27.5 receiving yards per game
• Had one TD reception and one 100-yard receiving game (6 rec.; 101 yds at UAB)
• Longest catch of 2018 of 48 yards came at UAB
• Had four games of 40+ receiving yards, including five catches for 55 yards at Tennessee, four catches for 49 yards at Marshall and three catches for 43 yards at UMass
• Second on team with seven catches of 15 or more yards ... had one rush for 13 yards (vs. WKU)
- Arnold appeared in four games in the 2022 season recording four receptions for a total of 34 yards
- Earned one solo tackle against Tulane (9/3)
- Had two receptions for a total of 13 yards against Toledo (9/10)
- Recorded one reception for 11 yards against Stony Brook (9/17)
- Had one reception for 10 yards against Temple (9/24)
2021 • Redshirt Junior
• Totaled 27 catches for 461 yards and three touchdowns in 11 games played
• Caught two passes including a 56-yard touchdown reception vs. Boston College (09/11) and had a total of 85 yards in the contest.
• Made four catches for 38 yards at No. 17 Coastal Carolina (9/25)
• Had a team-high 44 yards on three catches, including a 39-yard grab vs. Toledo (10/2)
• Caught two passes for 21 yards vs. UConn (10/9)
• Had on reception for nine yards at Florida State (10/23)
• Season-high of 99 yards receiving vs. Rhode Island (11/06), and a game-high of six receptions.
• Recorded a career-long 73-yard touchdown reception at New Mexico State (11/27)
Before Massachusetts
• 2018 Conference USA All-Freshman team at Charlotte
• Played in five games in 2020 at Charlotte
• Had one catch for 15 yards against App State and another catch for 15 yards versus North Texas
• Recorded a reception for six yards against UTEP.
• Returned four kicks for 79 total yards against WKU
• Redshirted the 2019 season following season-ending preseason injury
• Played in 11 games, making two starts in 2018
• Third on the 49ers with 22 catches and 302 receiving yards in 2018
• Averaged 13.7 yards per catch and 27.5 receiving yards per game
• Had one TD reception and one 100-yard receiving game (6 rec.; 101 yds at UAB)
• Longest catch of 2018 of 48 yards came at UAB
• Had four games of 40+ receiving yards, including five catches for 55 yards at Tennessee, four catches for 49 yards at Marshall and three catches for 43 yards at UMass
• Second on team with seven catches of 15 or more yards ... had one rush for 13 yards (vs. WKU)
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