Huey Richardson was a first round pick in the 1991 NFL draft and played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Redskins and the New York Jets.
12 Facts About Huey Richardson
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Huey Richardson attended Lakeside High School in Atlanta, and played high school football for the Lakeside Vikings.
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Huey Richardson accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played defensive end for coach Galen Hall and coach Steve Spurrier's Gators teams from 1987 to 1990.
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Huey Richardson was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference selection in 1989 and 1990 and a first-team All-American in 1990, and was selected as a senior team captain.
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Huey Richardson was honored as an SEC Academic Honor Roll selection all four years, received an NCAA post-graduate scholarship, and graduated from Florida with a bachelor's degree in economics in 1990.
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Huey Richardson was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2003.
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Huey Richardson was the first round draft choice of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1991 NFL draft.
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Huey Richardson played only five games with the Steelers in 1991, registering two tackles, plus another on special teams.
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When Donahoe said he should keep the top 47 players regardless of their draft history, Huey Richardson was traded to the Washington Redskins for a seventh round draft pick; if a trade had not been possible, Huey Richardson would have simply been waived.
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Huey Richardson returned to college and earned his master's degree in business administration from Emory University in Atlanta in 2000, and currently works as a financial analyst for Merrill Lynch in New York City.
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Huey Richardson was in the World Trade Center for a meeting on the morning of the terrorist attacks of September 11,2001.
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Huey Richardson's meeting was scheduled to take place on an upper floor of the building, but he was delayed in the lobby before boarding the elevator, and was able to leave the World Trade Center safely after the first plane hit the building.