D'Vontrey Richardson
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| New Jersey Jackals – No. 12 | |||
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Born: July 30, 1988 Albany, Georgia |
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| Position | Quarterback |
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| High school | Leesburg (GA) Lee County |
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| Date of birth | July 30, 1988 |
| Place of birth | Albany, Georgia |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 214 lb (97 kg) |
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D'Vontrey D'Wayne Richardson is an American professional baseball player playing for the New Jersey Jackals in the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball league. Richardson spent the first five years of his professional baseball career in the Milwaukee Brewers minor league baseball system but was released by the team on April 2, 2015. He then signed with the Laredo Lemurs of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball league on April 14, 2015. Richardson was acquired by New Jersey in August 2015.
Richardson was born July 30, 1988 in Albany, Georgia and is the son of Gevett Roberson and Demitrius Richardson. Richardson attended Lee County High School in Leesburg, Georgia where he excelled in football and baseball.
In football, Richardson earned all-state Honorable Mention honors as a junior as he passed for 1,758 yards, rushed for 1,130 yards and scored a total of 29 touchdowns. He ran a 4.58 in the 40-yard dash and recorded a 32-inch vertical jump in the Tallahassee Nike Camp prior to his senior season, both ranked as the second best numbers amongst quarterbacks in attendance at the camp. Richardson was the quarterback on GaSports.com's pre-season all-state team prior to his senior season. During his senior year, he passed for over 2,200 yards and 27 passing touchdowns and rushing for 1,050 yards and 17 rushing touchdowns. Richardson was a five-star prospect and an All-American selection as a senior by Scout.com. He was the Class 4A Offensive Player of the Year and an All-State first team selection by the Georgia Sports Writers Association.
In baseball, Richardson had a .386 batting average with seven home runs and 37 RBI as a junior in Lee County's run to the state finals and participated in the 2005 Perfect Game National Showcase. As a senior, Richardson led Lee County in batting average (.507), runs (34), home runs (six) and stolen bases (11). He also recorded 20 RBIs. As a senior, he was ranked as the No. 82 prep player in the nation according to Baseball America and the No. 1 prep athlete in the state of Georgia by Rivals.com. After being recruited by Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma, Richardson verbally committed to continue his two-sport career at Florida State University in August 2005 and signed a National Letter of Intent to FSU in February 2006. Richardson graduated in June 2006 and was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 2006 First-Year Player Draft in the 35th round with the 1,051st pick, but he did not sign with the team and decided to enter college.
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