Jamel Richardson
Born: | Syracuse, New York, U.S. | January 22, 1982
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Career information | |
Status | Retired |
CFL status | American |
Position(s) | SB |
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
Weight | 226 lb (103 kg) |
College | Victor Valley College |
High school | Corcoran |
Career history | |
As player | |
2003–2006 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
2007 | Dallas Cowboys |
2008–2013 | Montreal Alouettes |
2015 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
Career highlights and awards | |
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CFL All-Star | 2008, 2011 |
CFL East All-Star | 2008–2011 |
Jamel Richardson (born January 22, 1982) is an American former professional football player who was a slotback in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He won two Grey Cup championships with the Montreal Alouettes, and was named the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 98th Grey Cup. Richardson attended Corcoran High School before he was a two-year All-Foothill Conference in Basketball and All-American in Football at Victor Valley College[1] where he led the state in receptions and yardage.
High school
Richardson attended Corcoran High School where he played football. In 2011 he was inducted into the Corcoran High school athletic hall of fame.[2]
Professional career
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Richardson played for four seasons, from 2003–2006, for the
Dallas Cowboys
Richardson was signed by the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League in March 2007, but he faced an uphill battle at making the Cowboys' roster due to the depth Dallas had at the wide receiver position. On August 27, 2007, the Dallas Cowboys waived Richardson, along with seven other players, as part of its roster cuts prior to the start of the 2007 regular season.
Montreal Alouettes
On March 18, 2008, the Montreal Alouettes signed Richardson.
Richardson made news on January 7, 2009, when it was reported that he turned down an offer from the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL and chose to remain with the Alouettes for at least 3 seasons. He also drew interest from Seattle, San Francisco, and Tampa Bay.[4]
On November 28, 2010 in the
Saskatchewan Roughriders II
After sitting out the regular season in 2014, Richardson signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on December 22, 2014.[7]
Statistics
Receiving | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Games | No. | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Games | No. | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||
2003 | SSK | 6 | 22 | 328 | 14.9 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 25 | 0 | ||
2004 | SSK | 6 | 20 | 210 | 10.5 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2005 | SSK | 14 | 55 | 663 | 12.1 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 12 | 1 | ||
2006 | SSK | 4 | 16 | 270 | 16.9 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2007 | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2008 | MTL | 18 | 98 | 1,287 | 13.1 | 81 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 214 | 17.8 | 55 | 1 | ||
2009 | MTL | 16 | 85 | 1,055 | 12.4 | 63 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 178 | 13.7 | 23 | 3 | ||
2010 | MTL | 17 | 97 | 1,271 | 13.1 | 61 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 262 | 20.2 | 53 | 2 | ||
2011 | MTL | 17 | 112 | 1,777 | 15.9 | 59 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 95 | 23.7 | 41 | 1 | ||
2012 | MTL | 15 | 62 | 1,011 | 16.3 | 75 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 78 | 26 | 45 | 0 | ||
2013 | MTL | 5 | 18 | 197 | 10.9 | 21 | 0 | Placed on injured list | |||||||
2014 | Did Not Play | ||||||||||||||
2015 | SSK | 6 | 19 | 266 | 14.0 | 49 | 0 | ||||||||
CFL totals | 109 | 604 | 8,335 | 13.8 | 81 | 52 | 11 | 53 | 914 | 17.2 | 55 | 8 |
References
- ^ "High hopes for VVC football". Desert Dispatch. Desert Dispatch. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ "Corcoran to induct four into Athletic Hall of Fame". Syracuse .com. Syracuse .com. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ "Alouettes sign Jamel Richardson". CFL.ca. 2008-03-18.
- ^ Richardson spurns Vikings offer to stay in Montreal
- ^ Richarson tears LCL and ACL, August 5 2013.
- ^ Au revoir: Alouettes part ways with Richardson
- ^ Back at It: Richardson returns; inks deal with Roughriders