Will Richardson Jr. (born January 4, 1996) is an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
offensive tackle who is a free agent. He played
college football at
NC State
North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The university ...
.
Professional career
Richardson was drafted by the
Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida. The Jaguars compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division. The team pla ...
in the fourth round (129th overall) of the
2018 NFL Draft. After missing the first six games with a knee injury, the Jaguars decided to place Richardson on injured reserve on October 20, 2018.
Richardson became a starter for the Jaguars in 2021 after
Ben Bartch
Ben Bartch (born July 22, 1998) is an American football guard for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Saint John's (MN).
Early life and high school
Bartch grew up in McMinnville, Oregon a ...
entered COVID-19 protocols. On December 26, 2021, Richardson scored a touchdown in a 26-21 loss to the
New York Jets after he recovered a
Trevor Lawrence fumble in the endzone.
On March 16, 2022, Richardson re-signed with the Jaguars. He was released on August 31, 2022.
References
External links
Jacksonville Jaguars bio
1996 births
Living people
People from Burlington, North Carolina
Players of American football from North Carolina
American football offensive tackles
NC State Wolfpack football players
Jacksonville Jaguars players
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