Sheldon Richardson chuckled when he found out.
It was November 2012, and Richardson, now a Pro Bowl lineman for the New York Jets, was preparing for what would be some of his final games in a Missouri uniform when he was told that Markus Golden, a teammate and friend from back home in the East St. Louis area, would be moving from linebacker to defensive end.
“Sheldon looked at me and said: ‘Why are you moving to defensive end? Man, you ain’t going to get a lot of playing time there,’” Golden recalls.
Richardson had a point.