Monday, July 16, 2012

Fatherhood forces Jackson State WR Richardson to grow up fast

JACKSON, Mississippi - Rico Richardson has been called a lot of names. In high school, as a blazing-fast wide receiver, he was automatic to football coach Lance Reed.  "Anytime we saw a Zero coverage ... we knew what play was coming in, it was a fade to Rico," Reed recalled. "No one stopped it."

Some friends call him Tarzan, a gentle poke at Richardson's dreadlocks and lean build. "They say I look like him," Richardson, a senior receiver at Jackson State, says, shaking his head.

His position coach at JSU, Chris Buckner, remembers calling Richardson "a goofy kid," and "out of shape," entering his sophomore year.  It wasn't until Richardson ...



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