Jalen Richard says he is a perfectionist and his own harshest critic. So when the Raiders’ running back was asked what the biggest surprise has been in his rookie season, he didn’t hesitate.
“Me,” Richard said. He was dead serious.
“I surprised myself and now I have reached a point where, ‘OK, you can do this,’” Richard said. “I mean, I always had confidence in myself, but now I am at the top tier of the whole world that plays football. How do I measure up?”
The 5-foot-8 Richard has measured up just fine.