Richie Saunders’ NIL Deal

Last Modified Mar 31, 2025 22:42 GMT
Richie Saunders NIL Deal
Richie Saunders. Image source: Getty

American college basketball player Richie Saunders plays as a forward for the BYU Cougars, a team that competes in the Big 12 Conference, as of March 2025. He is in his junior year in the 2024-25 season, according to his roster on the Cougars University website. The Riverton, Utah native previously attended Wasatch Academy. At BYU, Saunders played in 68 games, with three starts during his first two seasons. He averaged 7.6 points per game while maintaining a shooting percentage of 49.6 from the floor, 35.0 percent from the three-point line, and 70.1 percent from the free throw line.

Saunders managed to record double figures on 21 occasions, with 15 of those coming in the 2023-24 season as a sophomore. In 2025, he was a Lute Olsen Award Finalist and was selected to the NABC First Team All-District and First Team All-Big 12. Saunders also won the Big 12 Most Improved Player of the Year and USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week awards in 2025. He is also a two-time Big 12 Player of the Week, which he bagged in February and March. Additionally, in 2024, he was honored with the Academic All-Big 12 First Team and Rady Children's Invitational All-Tournament Team selections.

Richie Saunders' NIL Deal

As of March 2025, Richie Saunders has a NIL deal with Ore-Ida Potatoes, according to On3.

Richie Saunders' NIL deal tracker

DateDeal partners
3/20/25Ore-Ida Potatoes

Richie Saunders' notable NIL deals

Ore-Ida Potatoes

As per the brand's official NIL deal announcement post on X (formerly Twitter), Richie is the great-grandson of the founder of Ore-Ida and the inventor of Tater Tots. According to the deal, the company “will give away tater tots for each March Madness win.”

FAQs on Richie Saunders

A. Richie Saunders is 23 years old as of March 2025 as he was born on September 19, 2001. 


A. Richie Saunders stands 6 ft 5 in tall. 


A. Richie Saunders is from Riverton, Utah.


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