Kansas City Chiefs: Top Ten UFA Finds In Franchise History
By John Viril
Oct 27, 2013; Kansas City, MO, USA; KC Wolf entertains the crowd before the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Cleveland Browns at Arrowhead Stadium. The Chiefs won the game 23-17. Mandatory Credit: John Rieger-USA TODAY Sports
Number 8 UFA
Tony Richardson joined the Kansas City Chiefs in the middle of the Marty Schottenheimer era in 1995. The team went 13-3 that season, capturing home field advantage in the AFC Playoffs along with an AFC West division title.
Unfortunately, the Kansas City Chiefs lost in one of the worst home defeats in team history to the Indianapolis Colts 10-7.
Richardson backed up starting fullback Kimble Anders on offense and played special teams. He did not earn a starting job until the 1999 season. However, Richardson became a fixture at fullback over the next seven seasons.
Tony Richardson led the team in rushing in 2000 with 697 yards, but made his bones clearing the way for Priest Holmes in the early 2000’s. Richardson made back-t0-back Pro-Bowl berths for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2003 and 2004.
Richardson left the KC Chiefs as a free-agent after the final season of the Dick Vermeil era and moved on to Minnesota in 2006.
Tony Richardson played five more seasons: two with the Vikings and three with the Jets. Richardson earned a third pro-bowl nod in 2007 blocking for Adrian Peterson.
TONY RICHARDSON CAREER STATISTICS
| Games | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Y/A | Y/G | A/G | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Lng | R/G | Y/G | YScm |
| 1995 | 24 | KAN | fb | 49 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 18 | |||||||
| 1996 | 25 | KAN | 49 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 1 | 17 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 28 | |
| 1997 | 26 | KAN | 49 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 17 | |
| 1998 | 27 | KAN | fb | 49 | 14 | 20 | 45 | 2 | 6 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 15 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 58 |
| 1999 | 28 | KAN | FB | 49 | 16 | 84 | 387 | 1 | 26 | 4.6 | 24.2 | 5.3 | 24 | 141 | 5.9 | 0 | 29 | 1.5 | 8.8 | 528 |
| 2000 | 29 | KAN | fb | 49 | 16 | 147 | 697 | 3 | 33 | 4.7 | 43.6 | 9.2 | 58 | 468 | 8.1 | 3 | 24 | 3.6 | 29.3 | 1165 |
| 2001 | 30 | KAN | fb | 49 | 14 | 66 | 191 | 7 | 19 | 2.9 | 13.6 | 4.7 | 30 | 265 | 8.8 | 0 | 47 | 2.1 | 18.9 | 456 |
| 2002 | 31 | KAN | FB | 49 | 14 | 22 | 81 | 2 | 14 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 18 | 125 | 6.9 | 1 | 23 | 1.3 | 8.9 | 206 |
| 2003* | 32 | KAN | FB | 49 | 16 | 24 | 60 | 0 | 8 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 12 | 76 | 6.3 | 0 | 14 | 0.8 | 4.8 | 136 |
| 2004* | 33 | KAN | FB | 49 | 16 | 12 | 56 | 0 | 13 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 19 | 118 | 6.2 | 0 | 22 | 1.2 | 7.4 | 174 |
| 2005 | 34 | KAN | FB | 49 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 9 | 68 | 7.6 | 1 | 22 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 88 |
| 2006 | 35 | MIN | fb | 49 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 13 | 111 | 8.5 | 0 | 25 | 1.4 | 12.3 | 123 |
| 2007* | 36 | MIN | fb | 49 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 11 | 89 | 8.1 | 0 | 12 | 0.8 | 6.4 | 102 |
| 2008 | 37 | NYJ | fb | 49 | 16 | 10 | 65 | 0 | 16 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 0.6 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 69 |
| 2009 | 38 | NYJ | FB | 49 | 16 | 7 | 48 | 0 | 19 | 6.9 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 58 |
| 2010 | 39 | NYJ | FB | 49 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | 14 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 44 |
| Career | 234 | 429 | 1727 | 15 | 33 | 4.0 | 7.4 | 1.8 | 210 | 1543 | 7.3 | 9 | 47 | 0.9 | 6.6 | 3270 | ||||
| 11 yrs | KAN | 163 | 395 | 1576 | 15 | 33 | 4.0 | 9.7 | 2.4 | 177 | 1298 | 7.3 | 9 | 47 | 1.1 | 8.0 | 2874 | |||
| 3 yrs | NYJ | 48 | 22 | 126 | 0 | 19 | 5.7 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 9 | 45 | 5.0 | 0 | 14 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 171 | |||
| 2 yrs | MIN | 23 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 24 | 200 | 8.3 | 0 | 25 | 1.0 | 8.7 | 225 |
Provided by Pro-Football-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 5/2/2015.
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