Colt’s Richardson Does Not Travel With Team
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Al Bello/Getty Images(FOXBORO, Ma.) — The end of the line is nearing for Trent Richardson with the Indianapolis Colts.
One week after being a healthy inactive for the Colts divisional win over the Denver Broncos, Richardson did not travel to New England, for “personal reasons,” the team announced Saturday.
“[Being inactive] will never happen to me again,” Richardson said Thursday. “Anybody can quote me, today, because it’s never going to happen again.”
Richardson was the third overall pick in the 2012 draft. The Cleveland Browns changed their front office a year later and shipped him to the Colts.
“It was such a bold and aggressive move and so forth, but really from a football standpoint, we needed a starting running back,” General manager Ryan Grigson said one year ago. “Trent was made available. …I’m glad we have him for the long haul. It was very economically wise as a franchise to make the move given where we’re going with the run game.”
Indianapolis traded a 2013 first round pick for Richardson to the Cleveland Browns. In 29 games with the Colts, he has amassed just 977 rushing yards.
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