Jamel Richardson (born January 22, 1982) is an American former professionalfootball player who was aslotback in theCanadian Football League (CFL). He won twoGrey Cup championships with theMontreal Alouettes, and was named theGrey Cup Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the98th Grey Cup. Richardson attendedCorcoran High School before he was a two-year All-Foothill Conference in Basketball and All-American in Football atVictor Valley College^[1] where he led the state in receptions and yardage.

Richardson attendedCorcoran High School where he played football. In 2011 he was inducted into the Corcoran High school athletic hall of fame.^[2]

Richardson played for four seasons, from 2003–2006, for theSaskatchewan Roughriders. Over that span of time he caught 113 passes for 1471 yards and scored 4touchdowns.

Richardson was signed by theDallas Cowboys of theNational Football League in March 2007, but he faced an uphill battle at making the Cowboys' roster due to the depth Dallas had at the wide receiver position. On August 27, 2007, the Dallas Cowboys waived Richardson, along with seven other players, as part of its roster cuts prior to the start of the 2007 regular season.

On March 18, 2008, the Montreal Alouettes signed Richardson.^[3] In the 2008 season, Richardson was named a CFL All-Star after leading the CFL with 16TD receptions while catching 98 passes for 1287 yards.

Richardson made news on January 7, 2009, when it was reported that he turned down an offer from theMinnesota Vikings of the NFL and chose to remain with the Alouettes for at least 3 seasons. He also drew interest fromSeattle,San Francisco, andTampa Bay.^[4]

On November 28, 2010 in the98th Grey Cup inEdmonton, Alberta vs. theSaskatchewan Roughriders, Richardson helped the Alouettes to a 21-18 victory as well as receiving theMVP trophy. He was the first receiver to receive this honour since 2003. For six consecutive seasons Richardson amassed over 1,000 receiving yards; from2008 through the2012 CFL season. On August 4, 2013, partway through the season, Richardson tore his LCL and ACL, in his left knee, during practice. He then missed the remainder of the2013 CFL season.^[5] Following the season-ending injury, Richardson was part of the team's final cuts of 2014 training camp and was released on June 21, 2014.^[6]

After sitting out the regular season in2014, Richardson signed with theSaskatchewan Roughriders on December 22, 2014.^[7]

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