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Trent Richardson thinks he’ll be a Pro Football Hall of Famer

By John Buhler

Jan 4, 2015; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indianapolis Colts running back Trent Richardson (34) against the Cincinnati Bengals during the 2014 AFC Wild Card playoff football game at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Weber-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 4, 2015; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indianapolis Colts running back Trent Richardson (34) against the Cincinnati Bengals during the 2014 AFC Wild Card playoff football game at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Weber-USA TODAY Sports /
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Trent Richardson has had a massively disappointing NFL career four years in, but still thinks that he will one day make it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

In an interview with CSNMidAtlantic’s Chris Miller, current Baltimore Ravens running back and former No. 3 overall pick by the Cleveland Browns in the 2012 NFL Draft Trent Richardson thinks his NFL career will be done when he’s “putting on a yellow jacket.”

That means Richardson still believes that he will one day make it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio as one of the best tailbacks of all time. While did run all over defensive players in the SEC as a member of the Alabama Crimson Tide in college, Richardson has massively underwhelmed as a professional, now on his fourth team in five seasons.

Richardson has never had a 1,000-yard rushing season and has averaged 3.6 yards per carry in his brief NFL career. After a respectable rookie year with the Browns in 2012, where he rushed for 950 yards and 11 touchdowns on 267 carries.

However after years of over-usage in Nick Saban’s backfield at Alabama, Richardson became an also-ran in his second year in the league. Cleveland traded Richardson to the Indianapolis Colts for a future first round pick, which happened to be troubled quarterback Johnny Manziel.

Richardson averaged a terrible 3.1 yards per carry in Indianapolis over part of two seasons. The Colts moved on from Richardson and he has not taken a snap in a regular-season game since the end of the 2014 NFL season. Richardson failed to make the 2015 Oakland Raiders and will try his luck to make a 2016 Ravens team that hasn’t looked the same since winning the Super Bowl at the end of the 2012 NFL season.

Richardson pointed out that he wasn’t mentally tough enough to handle the pressures of playing running back in the NFL in his early years in the league. In a sport where one tries to crush another man’s soul in the quest for victory, that’s an alarming statement coming from a former Heisman finalist.

While he may have fresh legs after not playing in the 2015 NFL season, Richardson is about as far away from Canton enshrinement as any player competing for playing time on any of the 32 NFL rosters.

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