Richard’s career started when he was in school. He played for his school team and he was also given the title of Male Student Most Likely to Succeed. Richard also had a good academic background. Richard also participated in the triple jump and his personal record stands at 15.44 meter.  He was very interested in athletics as he took part in many races. He received a scholarship at Stanford University and he played for is college team as well.

In 2011, he got an offer from Seattle Seahawks to play with them and he accepted the officer. 2012 turned out to be a lucky year for him as he performed really well for the team and he led the team to many victories. The same year he was issued a suspension order for drug abuse but later the order was revoked. Richard had a bad reputation because of his habit of taunting people in the game and he was fined several times for mocking and taunting in middle of the game.

In 2014, he signed a contract of 57.4 Million dollars for 4 years. His game kept on improving and that helped him in securing 20th rank in NFL Top 100 Players of 2016. Richard received an injury in 2016 on his right knee and he was on verge of being penalized because he failed to disclose the injury to NFL. Richard has fans across the world and many times his fan spotted him in several restaurants. Richard is known to be a very hard-working player and the only drawback he has his the habit of making comments on the field.

Richard is married to Ashley Moss and Ashley is his long-time girlfriend. Richard’s wife gave birth to his first baby in 2015 and later in 2016, she gave birth to the second child. The name of his first child is Rayden and the name of his daughter is Avery. It is known that the couple lives with their children in California. He also runs a charity in which he provides clothing and school supplies to the children with the weaker financial background. A lot of people respect him for his charity work.

This footballer has an annual salary of 14 Million American Dollars and most of his salary comes from the contract fee which he receives for playing. Richard’s net worth is estimated to be 12 Million American Dollars and he is known for his hilarious tweets on the microblogging platform, twitter.