Will Richardson Jr.

BIOGRAPHY

Will Richardson was born on January 4, 1996, in Burlington, North Carolina. He is an offensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL. 

In high school, Will played offensive tackle for coach Steve Johnson, but he also played basketball. Had football honors, being a two-time Burlington Times-News all-region selection, and also played in the 2013 North Carolina-South Carolina Shrine Bowl.

Coming into college, Richardson was ranked as the #18 player in the entire state of North Carolina by scout.com. ESPN had Richardson in its prestige's top 300 and had him ranked as the #16 offensive guard in the nation. Ultimately, Richardson decided to committed to playing his colleigate football at North Carolina State University. 

As a freshman in 2014, he redshirted the season. As a freshman in 2015, he was the starting right tackle in nine games.During sophomore in 2016, Richardson started the first six games of the season at right tackle before missing the Louisville game with an illness. He tallied a season-high eight knockdown blocks in the win at Syracuse and was not enrolled at NC State during the spring. During the 2017 NCAA season, Richardson set a PFF College record by being the first ACC offensive tackle in the PFF College Era (2014-present) to allow fewer than 10 total quarterback pressures over 400 or more pass-blocking snaps. Richardson had one of the best seasons we at PFF have seen since we started grading college football four years ago. With only four total quarterback pressures allowed, including zero sacks, Richardson had a pass-blocking efficiency (PBE) of 99.3. His pass-blocking efficiency of 99.3 in 2017 set the PFF College record for Power-5 tackles who logged 400 or more pass-blocking snaps.

Richardson was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the fourth round (129th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft.