Antonio James "Tiny" Richardson was born on February 24,1992 and is a former American football offensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League.
22 Facts About Antonio Richardson
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Antonio Richardson played high school football and competed in track at Ensworth, a Nashville private school, from 2008 to 2010.
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Midway through his senior season in 2010, Antonio Richardson transferred to Nashville's Pearl-Cohn High School for academic reasons.
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Antonio Richardson won the discus throw event at the 2010 TSSAA D-II Middle Sectional Championships, recording a top-throw of 49.26 meters.
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In spite of missing part of his senior year, Antonio Richardson was a consensus four-star prospect.
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Antonio Richardson was rated by Rivals as the top overall prospect in Tennessee, and the seventh-best offensive tackle in the nation.
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Antonio Richardson played in the 2011 US Army All-American Bowl.
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Antonio Richardson committed to play at Tennessee on February 2,2011, one of the Vols' highest-rated recruits that year.
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Antonio Richardson played in 12 games as a backup during his freshman year in 2011, including a few snaps as an extra fullback in Tennessee's games against Vanderbilt and Kentucky.
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Antonio Richardson largely contained Clowney until late in the game, when Clowney managed to elude him and force a game-saving fumble.
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Antonio Richardson was named to the All-SEC Second Team by the Associated Press at the end of the season.
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At the start of his junior campaign in 2013, Antonio Richardson was named to the Coaches' Preseason All-SEC team, and was placed on the Outland Trophy watch list.
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Antonio Richardson started in all twelve games for the Vols in the 2013 season, helping the Vols' backfield accumulate 2,261 rushing yards, the most for the school since 2004.
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Antonio Richardson was again named second-team All-SEC at the end of the season.
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On December 6,2013, Antonio Richardson announced that he would forgo his senior season and enter the 2014 NFL draft.
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Antonio Richardson was one of four Tennessee offensive linemen to attend the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana, along with Zach Fulton, James Stone, and Ja'Wuan James.
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Antonio Richardson's combine performance was panned by critics who deemed him to be too slow and many speculated past knee injury remained an ongoing issue.
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Antonio Richardson opted to stand on his combine numbers and only performed positional drills for scouts and representatives from all 32 NFL Teams, that included Seattle Seahawks' offensive line coach Tom Cable.
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Antonio Richardson was ranked the eighth best offensive tackle prospect in the draft by NFLDraftScout.
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Antonio Richardson stated he went undrafted due to teams determining he was too much of a risk with past knee problems.
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Head coach Mike Zimmer stated Antonio Richardson was doing a pretty good job at right tackle.
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On May 13,2015, Antonio Richardson officially announced his retirement from professional football.