Jalen Richard
{{Short description|American football player (born 1993)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Jalen Richard
| current_team =
| number = 30
| position = Running back
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|10|15}}
| birth_place = Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| high_school = Peabody Magnet
(Alexandria, Louisiana)
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 8
| weight_lbs = 205
| college = Southern Miss (2012–2015)
| undraftedyear = 2016
| pastteams =
- Oakland / Las Vegas Raiders ({{NFL Year|2016}}–{{NFL Year|2021}})
| status =
| highlights =
| statweek =
| statseason =
| statlabel1 = Rushing yards
| statvalue1 = 1,333
| statlabel2 = Rushing average
| statvalue2 = 5.0
| statlabel3 = Receptions
| statvalue3 = 191
| statlabel4 = Receiving yards
| statvalue4 = 1,590
| statlabel5 = Return yards
| statvalue5 = 1,632
| statlabel6 = Total touchdowns
| statvalue6 = 7
| pfr = RichJa01
}}
Jalen Cantrell Richard{{Cite web |title=Jalen Richard Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RichJa01.htm |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} (born October 15, 1993) is an American former professional football running back. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Oakland / Las Vegas Raiders.
Early life
Richard was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on October 15, 1993, to Krissy and James Richard. He has two younger brothers, Jeremy and Justin. He attended Peabody Magnet High School and participated in track and field and football.{{Cite web |last=Breechen |first=Lee |date=August 26, 2011 |title=Recruit Spotlight: Running Back Jalen Richard, Peabody High School, Class of 2012 |url=https://lafootballmagazine.com/news/c48-recruiting/recruit-spotlight-running-back-jalen-richard-peabody-high-school-class-of-2012/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626030412/https://lafootballmagazine.com/news/c48-recruiting/recruit-spotlight-running-back-jalen-richard-peabody-high-school-class-of-2012/ |archive-date=June 26, 2018 |access-date=March 14, 2018 |website=LA Football Magazine |language=en-US}}
College career
Richard played college football at Southern Mississippi from 2012 to 2015.{{Cite web |title=Jalen Richard College Stats |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/jalen-richard-1.html |access-date=March 14, 2018 |website=Sports Reference |language=en}} As a freshman, he had 87 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns in a loss at Central Florida.{{Cite web |title=Southern Mississippi at UCF Box Score, October 13, 2012 |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2012-10-13-central-florida.html |access-date=March 14, 2018 |website=Sports Reference |language=en}} Overall, on the season, he finished with 426 rushing yards, four rushing touchdowns, eight receptions, 39 receiving yards, and a receiving touchdown.{{Cite web |title=Jalen Richard 2012 Game Log |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/jalen-richard-1/gamelog/2012/ |access-date=March 14, 2018 |website=Sports Reference |language=en}} In the 2013 season, he finished with 326 rushing yards, 168 receiving yards, and a receiving touchdown.{{Cite web |title=Jalen Richard 2013 Game Log |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/jalen-richard-1/gamelog/2013/ |access-date=March 14, 2018 |website=Sports Reference |language=en}} In the 2014 season, he finished with 236 rushing yards, 184 receiving yards, and a receiving touchdown.{{Cite web |title=Jalen Richard 2014 Game Log |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/jalen-richard-1/gamelog/2014/ |access-date=March 14, 2018 |website=Sports Reference |language=en}} On September 19, 2015, he had 230 rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns in a win at Texas State.{{Cite web |title=Southern Mississippi at Texas State Box Score, September 19, 2015 |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2015-09-19-texas-state.html |access-date=March 14, 2018 |website=Sports Reference |language=en}} On October 24, he had 114 rushing yard and a rushing touchdown to go along with a 95-yard kick return touchdown against Charlotte.{{Cite web |title=Southern Mississippi at Charlotte Box Score, October 24, 2015 |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2015-10-24-charlotte.html |access-date=March 14, 2018 |website=Sports Reference |language=en}} On November 21, he had 161 rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns in a home victory over Old Dominion.{{Cite web |title=Old Dominion at Southern Mississippi Box Score, November 21, 2015 |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2015-11-21-southern-mississippi.html |access-date=March 14, 2018 |website=Sports Reference |language=en}} In his final collegiate season, his role expanded and he finished with 1,098 rushing yards, 14 rushing touchdowns, 30 receptions, 284 receiving yards, and two receiving touchdowns to go along with a kick return touchdown.{{Cite web |title=Jalen Richard 2015 Game Log\ |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/jalen-richard-1/gamelog/2015/ |access-date=March 14, 2018 |website=Sports Reference |language=en}}
Richard graduated from Southern Mississippi with a major in exercise science.{{Cite web |title=Jalen Richard |url=http://www.southernmiss.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/richard_jalen00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809015053/http://www.southernmiss.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/richard_jalen00.html |archive-date=August 9, 2012 |website=Southern Miss Golden Eagles Athletics}}
=College statistics=
| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| School ! rowspan="2"| Conf ! rowspan="2"| Class ! rowspan="2"| Pos ! rowspan="2"| G ! colspan="4" style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold;" | Rushing ! colspan="4" style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold;" | Receiving |
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Att
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Yds | style="font-weight:bold;" | Avg | style="font-weight:bold;" | TD | style="font-weight:bold;" | Rec | style="font-weight:bold;" | Yds | style="font-weight:bold;" | Avg | style="font-weight:bold;" | TD |
| 2012
| CUSA | FR | RB | 10 | 87 | 426 | 4.9 | 4 | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 1 |
| 2013
| CUSA | SO | RB | 11 | 85 | 326 | 3.8 | 0 | 21 | 168 | 8.0 | 1 |
| 2014
| CUSA | JR | RB | 7 | 40 | 236 | 5.9 | 1 | 24 | 184 | 7.7 | 1 |
| 2015
| CUSA | SR | RB | 13 | 185 | 1098 | 5.9 | 14 | 30 | 284 | 9.5 | 2 |
| style="font-weight:bold;" | [https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/jalen-richard-1.html Career]
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Southern Miss | colspan="3" style="font-weight:bold;" | | style="font-weight:bold;" | 41 | style="font-weight:bold;" | 397 | style="font-weight:bold;" | 2086 | style="font-weight:bold;" | 5.3 | style="font-weight:bold;" | 19 | style="font-weight:bold;" | 83 | style="font-weight:bold;" | 675 | style="font-weight:bold;" | 8.1 | style="font-weight:bold;" | 5 |
Professional career
{{NFL predraft
| height ft = 5
| height in = 8 3/8
| weight = 207
| dash = 4.60
| ten split = 1.65
| twenty split = 2.68
| shuttle = 4.95
| cone drill = 7.36
| vertical = 35.5
| broad ft = 9
| broad in = 6
| bench = 13
| arm span = 29 1/8
| hand span = 8 7/8
| wonderlic =
| note = All values from Pro Day{{Cite web |title=Jalen Richard, Southern Miss, RB, 2016 NFL Draft Scout, NCAA College Football |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=124922&DraftYear=2016 |access-date=January 14, 2022 |website=draftscout.com}}
}}
=2016 season=
Richard signed with the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent in 2016.{{Cite web |last=Gafford |first=LaMar |date=May 17, 2016 |title=Jalen Richard signs with Raiders |url=https://www.thetowntalk.com/story/sports/high-school/football/legends/2016/05/17/jalen-richard-signs-raiders/84499994/ |access-date=November 13, 2022 |website=The Town Talk |language=en-US}} He decided to wear the #30 jersey in honor of a god-brother who was unable to continue playing football due to illness.{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Kyle |date=September 7, 2016 |title=Behind The Numbers: Jalen Richard Honors A Family Member |url=https://www.raiders.com/news/behind-the-numbers-jalen-richard-honors-a-family-member-17640047 |access-date=November 12, 2022 |website=Raiders.com}}
On September 11, 2016, Richard made his NFL debut against the New Orleans Saints rushing for 84 yards on three carries and catching two passes for 11 yards.{{Cite web |last=Damien |first=Levi |date=September 11, 2016 |title=Jalen Richard lives dream in big Louisiana homecoming |url=http://www.silverandblackpride.com/2016/9/11/12883194/raiders-undrafted-rookie-jalen-richard-lives-dream-in-big-louisiana-homecoming |access-date=November 20, 2016 |website=Silver And Black Pride}} Richard ran for a 75-yard score on his first career carry. Richard became just the fourth player to have a touchdown run of 75 yards or more in his NFL debut (Oran Pape in 1930, Alan Ameche in 1955, and Ottis Anderson in 1979).{{Cite news |last=Killion |first=Ann |date=September 11, 2016 |title=Storybook debut for Raiders rookie Jalen Richards |work=SFGate |url=http://www.sfgate.com/raiders/article/Storybook-debut-for-Raiders-rookie-Jalen-Richards-9216546.php |access-date=November 20, 2016}} On October 9, 2016, he caught six passes for a season-high 66 receiving yards against the San Diego Chargers.{{Cite web |title=San Diego Chargers at Oakland Raiders - October 9th, 2016 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/201610090rai.htm |access-date=November 13, 2022 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} On October 30, Richard ran for 34 yards on five carries against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.{{Cite web |last=Pugliese |first=Anthony |date=October 30, 2016 |title=Bucs Lose Heart-Breaker To Raiders In Overtime |url=http://www.thescrumsports.com/buccaneers/bucs-lose-heat-breaker-raiders-overtime/ |access-date=November 20, 2016 |website=www.thescrumsports.com}} On November 6, 2016, Richard ran for 62 yards on eight carries against the Denver Broncos.{{Cite news |last=Gutierrez |first=Paul |date=November 7, 2016 |title=Raiders prove they are the real deal with thumping of Broncos |work=ESPN.com |url=http://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/220441/raiders-prove-they-are-the-real-deal-with-thumping-of-broncos |access-date=November 20, 2016}} Richard finished his rookie season with 491 rushing yards, one rushing touchdown, 194 receiving yards, and two receiving touchdowns.{{Cite web |title=Jalen Richard 2016 Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RichJa01/gamelog/2016/ |access-date=March 14, 2018 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}}
=2017 season=
In Week 2, against the New York Jets, Richard had a 52-yard rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter of the 45–20 victory.{{Cite web |title=New York Jets at Oakland Raiders - September 17th, 2017 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/201709170rai.htm |access-date=October 28, 2017 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com}} Richard finished the 2017 season with 275 rushing yards, one rushing touchdown, 256 receiving yards, and one receiving touchdown.{{Cite web |title=Jalen Richard 2017 Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RichJa01/gamelog/2017/ |access-date=March 14, 2018 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}}
=2018 season=
Under new head coach Jon Gruden, Richard saw an expanded role in the receiving game in the 2018 season. He started the season with nine receptions for 55 receiving yards in a loss to the Los Angeles Rams.{{Cite web |title=Los Angeles Rams at Oakland Raiders - September 10th, 2018 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/201809100rai.htm |access-date=February 24, 2019 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} On December 2, against the Kansas City Chiefs, he had 126 scrimmage yards (31 receiving, 95 rushing) in the loss.{{Cite web |title=Kansas City Chiefs at Oakland Raiders - December 2nd, 2018 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/201812020rai.htm |access-date=February 24, 2019 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} He finished with 68 receptions for 607 receiving yards to go along with 259 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown.{{Cite web |title=Jalen Richard 2018 Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RichJa01.htm |access-date=February 24, 2019 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}}
=2019 season=
On March 7, 2019, the Raiders placed a second-round restricted free agent tender on Richard.{{Cite web |last=Alper |first=Josh |date=March 7, 2019 |title=Raiders tender Jalen Richard, Daryl Worley at second-round level |url=https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/03/07/raiders-tender-jalen-richard-daryl-worley-at-second-round-level/ |access-date=November 12, 2022 |website=Pro Football Talk |publisher=NBC Sports}}
In the 2019 season, Richard finished with 39 carries for 145 rushing yards to go along with 36 receptions for 323 receiving yards.{{Cite web |title=Jalen Richard 2019 Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RichJa01/gamelog/2019/ |access-date=January 13, 2020 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}}
=2020 season=
On February 5, 2020, Richard signed a two-year contract extension with the Raiders.{{Cite web |date=February 5, 2020 |title=Las Vegas Raiders sign Jalen Richard to extension |url=https://www.raiders.com/news/las-vegas-raiders-sign-jalen-richard-to-extension |access-date=November 12, 2022 |website=Raiders.com}} In Week 2 against the Saints on Monday Night Football, Richard lost a fumble early in the fourth quarter, but later rushed for a 20-yard touchdown to help secure a 34–24 Raiders' win.{{Cite web |title=New Orleans Saints at Las Vegas Raiders - September 21st, 2020 |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/202009210rai.htm |access-date=September 22, 2020 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} He was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the team on December 30, 2020.{{Cite web |date=December 30, 2020 |title=Clelin Ferrell ruled out for season finale vs. Broncos |url=https://www.raiders.com/news/clelin-ferrell-ruled-out-for-season-finale-vs-broncos |access-date=February 11, 2021 |website=Raiders.com}}
=2021 season=
On September 2, 2021, Richard was placed on injured reserve.{{Cite web |date=September 2, 2021 |title=Raiders announce practice squad additions |url=https://www.raiders.com/news/raiders-announce-2021-nfl-practice-squad-additions |access-date=November 12, 2022 |website=Raiders.com}} He was activated on October 9.{{Cite web |date=October 9, 2021 |title=Arnette, Mullen Jr. and Carrier placed on IR |url=https://www.raiders.com/news/trayvon-mullen-damon-arnette-placed-on-ir-transaction-week-5-nfl-2021 |access-date=November 12, 2022 |website=Raiders.com}}
= Retirement =
On July 17, 2024 Richard announced his official retirement from the NFL at the age of 30 after being a free agent for the 2022 and 2023 season.{{Cite web |last=Busby |first=Garrett |date=2024-07-17 |title=Former Southern Miss football player retires from NFL playing career |url=https://www.wlbt.com/2024/07/17/former-southern-miss-football-player-retires-playing-career/ |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=www.wlbt.com |language=en}}
NFL career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+Regular season statistics | ||||||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team ! colspan="2"| Games ! colspan="5"| Rushing ! colspan="5"| Receiving ! colspan="5"| Returning ! colspan="2"| Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost |
| 2016 | OAK
| 16 || 0 || 83 || 491 || 5.9 || 75T || 1 || 29 || 194 || 6.7 || 29 || 2 || 51 || 708 || 13.9 || 50 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | OAK
| 16 || 1 || 56 || 275 || 4.9 || 52T || 1 || 27 || 257 || 9.5 || 39 || 1 || 34 || 245 || 7.2 || 19 || 0 || 8 || 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | OAK
| 16 || 1 || 55 || 259 || 4.7 || 30 || 1 || 68 || 607 || 8.9 || 32 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 1.5 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | OAK
| 16 || 0 || 39 || 145 || 3.7 || 13 || 0 || 36 || 323 || 9.0 || 33 || 0 || 15 || 209 || 13.9 || 29 || 0 || 2 || 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | LV
| 13 || 0 || 22 || 123 || 5.6 || 20 || 1 || 19 || 138 || 7.3 || 19 || 0 || 10 || 240 || 24.0 || 44 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | LV
| 10 || 0 || 9 || 40 || 4.4 || 23 || 0 || 12 || 72 || 6.0 || 19 || 0 || 11 || 227 || 20.6 || 32 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RichJa01.htm Career] || 87 || 2 || 264 || 1,333 || 5.0 || 75T || 4 || 191 || 1,590 || 8.3 || 39 || 3 || 123 || 1,632 || 20.9 || 50 || 0 || 13 || 5 |
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+Postseason statistics | ||||||||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team ! colspan="2"| Games ! colspan="5"| Rushing ! colspan="5"| Receiving ! colspan="5"| Returning ! colspan="2"| Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost |
| 2016 | OAK
| 1 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 1.0 || 4 || 0 || 2 || 8 || 4.0 || 5 || 0 || 7 || 106 || 15.1 || 37 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | LV
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 4.0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| [https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RichJa01/gamelog/post/ Career] || 2 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 1.0 || 4 || 0 || 3 || 12 || 4.0 || 5 || 0 || 7 || 106 || 15.1 || 37 || 0 || 0 || 0 |
References
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External links
{{footballstats|pfr=R/RichJa01|yahoo=30000|espn=2972091}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160821094945/http://www.southernmiss.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/jalen_richard_793369.html Southern Miss Golden Eagles bio]
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Category:Peabody Magnet High School alumni
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