(regular season, playoffs) 1995 (14/1,1/0-KC), 1996 (13/0-KC), 1997 (14/0, 1/0-KC), 1998 (14/1-KC), 1999 (16/16-KC), 2000 (16/16-KC), 2001 (14/8-KC),2002 (14/12-KC), 2003 (16/10, 1/1-KC), 2004 (16/16-KC), 2005 (16/16-KC), 2006 (9/7). Totals - 172/103, 3/1(163/96, 3/1-KC, 9/7-Minn).
Earned Pro Bowl honors following the 2003 and 2004 seasons...Tabbed as a 2nd-team All-Pro choice by Associated Press in 2004...Named All-Pro by Sports Illustrated in 1999 and 2000...Selected to USA Today’s All-Joe team in 2000 and 2001, recognizing the overlooked and under-appreciated in the NFL...Has paved the way in recent years for one of the best rushing attacks in the NFL...Since 2000, the Chiefs offense has not ranked lower than 8th in the NFL and claimed #1 honors in 2004 and 2005...Cleared a path for Pro Bowl rushers Larry Johnson (2005) and Priest Holmes (2001, ‘02, ‘03)...Blocked for 4 of the top 5 single-season rushing performances in Kansas City history, including Johnson’s team-record 1,750 yards on the ground in 2005...Helped Holmes establish an NFL record with 27 rushing TDs in 2003...Played under head coaches Marty Schottenheimer, Gunther Cunningham and Dick Vermeil during his tenure with Kansas City...Won AFC West 3 times and advanced to playoffs 3 times in his 11 seasons with Chiefs- 1995, 1997 and 2003.
2006 Started 7 of 9 games to start the season before injured forearm moved him to the injured reserve...Helped pave the way for RB Chester Taylor to break the 100-yard mark 3 times in the opening 6 games of the season...Opened path for Taylor to run for career-best 169 yards at Seattle (10/22) and break off a 95-yard TD run, the longest play from scrimmage in Vikings history and tied the 9th-longest run in NFL history...During his 9 games during the season he helped Taylor rush for 783 of his career-high 1,214, the 4th-best single-season total in team history...Had season-long 25-yard reception at Buffalo (10/1)...Carried a season-high 4 times vs. Carolina (9/17)...Had a pair of games with 3 catches, at San Francisco (11/5) and vs. Green Bay (11/15) and seasonhigh 33 receiving yards at San Francisco (11/5).
2005 Started 16 games at FB for the 2nd straight year...Played key role in the emergence of Larry Johnson as a premier RB, helping him set a team record with 1,750 yards rushing and break the 100-yard mark 10 times with a pair of games over the 200-yard plateau...Created space for Johnson to run to the Pro Bowl, the 2nd Chiefs RB he has helped send to Hawaii, joining Priest Holmes...Helped Chiefs lead the NFL in total offense with 387.0 yards per game...Caught 2 passes for 8 yards with a 6-yard TD vs. Oakland (11/6), his 1st TD reception since 2002...Caught two passes for 20 yards vs. San Diego (12/24)...Recorded a season-long 22-yard catch vs. Cincinnati (1/1/06) in the final game he played as a Chief.
2004 Earned 2nd consecutive trip to Pro Bowl, the 1st Chiefs FB to earn back-to-back trips to the game since Kimble Anders from 1995-97...Along with teammate G Brian Waters and Chargers TE Antonio Gates, were the only undrafted players chosen to the Pro Bowl in 2004...Garnered 2nd-Team All-Pro honors from Associated Press...Had most action on offense vs. Atlanta (10/24), rushing 6 times and catching 3 passes as part of a Chiefs offensive attack that set an NFL record with 8 rushing TDs on the day...Helped Kansas City rank #1 in the NFL in total offense with 418.4 yards per game.
2003 Honored with his 1st berth in the Pro Bowl, marking the 1st Chiefs FB to play in the game since Kimble Anders in 1997...Cleared the way for Holmes to set an NFL record with 27 rushing TDs...Opened holes for Holmes to rush for 1,420 yards, his 3rd straight season over the 1,400-yard mark and the 4th-highest total in team history at the time...Started AFC Divisional Playoff game vs. Indianapolis (1/11/04), his 1st playoff start...Helped Chiefs rank #2 in the NFL in total offense with 369.4 yards per game...Helped lead Chiefs to 13-3 mark and the AFC West title for the 1st time since 1997.
2002 Led the way for Holmes to rush for 1,615 yards and set the Chiefs single-season record at the time...Holmes led the NFL with 21 rushing TDs and ranked 3rd in the NFL in yardage...Kansas City ranked #4 in the NFL in total offense with a 375.0 yard-per-game average...Scored a pair of TDs on the ground vs. Denver (10/20) and vs. Arizona (12/1) along with a TD catch vs. Oakland (10/27)...Suffered dislocated shoulder at Denver (12/15) and placed on injured reserve 2 days later.
2001 Named to USA Today’s All-Joe Team for 2nd straight season...Kansas City posted the #5 total offense in the NFL with 354.6 yards per game...Scored career-high 7 rushing TDs and had 3rd-highest rushing attempts of his career with 66 carries...Had 2nd-best season catching the ball with 30 receptions for 265 yards...Hauled in careerlong 47-yard pass vs. Oakland (9/9) in season opener and rushed for 3-yard TD...Led team with 41 yards on the ground vs. NY Giants (9/23) on 9 carries...Missed a pair of games with shoulder injury suffered at Washington (9/30), sidelined for game at Denver (10/7) and vs. Pittsburgh (10/14), snapping streak of 35 straight starts...Had careerhigh 2 rushing TDs at San Diego (11/4), including a 1-yard TD plunge for the game-winning points with 1:28 remaining in the 25-20 Chiefs win...Scored game-winning TD on 1-yard run vs. San Diego (12/23) in 20-17 comeback win in the middle game of a 3-game December win streak.
2000 Started all 16 games, opening 11 at FB and 5 at RB...Named to Sports Illustrated’s All-Pro team at FB for the 2nd straight season...Selected to USA Today’s All-Joe Team for the 1st time, recognizing the hard working and unheralded players around the League...Enjoyed best year statistically with team-high 147 carries and 697 yards for a 4.7-yard average...Ranked 3rd on team with 58 catches for 468 yards...Scored 3 rushing and 3 receiving TDs...Led AFC backs and ranked 3rd in the NFL with a 5.7-yard average per touch on rushes and receptions, trailing only Marshall Faulk and Tiki Barber...Opened season with 1st career start at RB vs. Indianapolis (9/3)...Notched careerbest 156 rushing yards on 23 carries with a 28-yard TD rush and a 33-yard long run vs. Denver (12/17) in Chiefs win...Caught career-high 8 passes in a pair of games, at San Francisco (11/12) and vs. Carolina (12/10).
1999 Started all 16 games at FB, his 1st season opening every game...Named to Sports Illustrated All-Pro Team at FB, his debut on the squad...Had then-career-high 84 carries and 24 receptions...Helped team to a 9-7 mark and 2nd-place finish in AFC West in Gunther Cunningham’s 1st season as head coach.
1998 Started once at FB and played in 14 games in head coach Marty Schottenheimer’s final season with the Chiefs...Served as Chiefs’ special teams captain where he had 11 tackles and a pair of forced fumbles on the season along with picking up a blocked punt and returning it 10 yards...Scored opening 2 rushing TDs of his career with his 1st coming on a 1-yard plunge vs. San Diego (9/20)...Scored on a 2-yard run vs. NY Jets (11/1) and ended day with strong showing on special teams with 3 tackles and a forced fumble...Hobbled by sprained knee that made him inactive for games vs. Arizona (11/29) and at Denver (12/6)...In 1st game back after injury vs. Dallas (12/13) he picked up a blocked punt by TE Brian Roche and rambled 10 yards.
1997 Was standout special teams player for the Chiefs during their 13-3 AFC West title-winning team...Team won its 2nd AFC West championship in 3 seasons...Ranked 3rd on team with 21 special teams tackles...Set career-high with 3 receiving TDs...Caught a 1-yard TD for the go-ahead points in a 22-16 win vs. Buffalo (9/14)...Scored on 3-yard TD reception at Carolina (9/21)...Hauled in 2-yard TD pass for final score of season vs. Oakland (12/7)...Opened a path for Hall of Famer Marcus Allen to score his final NFL rushing TD, his 123rd, on a 3-yard run vs. New Orleans(12/21)...Saw time in AFC Divisional Playoff vs. Denver (1/4/98), his 2nd career postseason game.
1996 Ranked 2nd on team with career-high 25 special teams tackles, trailing only former Vikings LB and current San Diego assistant coach Greg Manusky’s 26...Scored 1st career NFL TD on 1st pass reception, a 1-yarder vs. Oakland (9/8) in Chiefs win...Had career-high 4 special teams tackles vs. Denver (9/22)...Played in opening 13 games of the season before being sidelined by wrist injury at Detroit (11/28) in Thanksgiving Day game...Ended season by being placed on injured reserve on 12/10.
1995 Ranked 5th on team with 18 special teams stops...Saw time in 14 games and started 1st career gamevs. New England (10/15) in 31-26 Chiefs in...Carried ball for 1st time in his 1st career regular-season game in 34-10 win over Seattle (9/30 in the Kingdome for the season opener...Converted a 3rd-and-1 with a 5-yard carry vs. NY Giants (9/10) to position K Lin Elliott for game-winning FG in OT...Paved the way for Marcus Allen to score his 100th career rushing TD at Denver (10/22)...Joined Chiefs on 2/28/95 as a free agent.
1994 Entered the NFL as a rookie free agent in 1994 with Dallas...Spent training camp with Cowboys before coming back on practice squad on 8/30...Part of Dallas team that went 12-4 to win the NFC East and advance to the NFC Championship game at San Francisco before falling to the 49ers...Tutored under perennial Pro Bowl FB Daryl Johnston and part of a backfield that included Hall of Famers Troy Aikman and Emmitt Smith.
Embraced the Twin Cities community and vice versa in his debut season in purple in 2006...One of the Vikings’ most active community ambassadors during his 1st season with the team...Selected by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to the 6-member Player’s Advisory Committee in spring 2007, joining Donovin Darius, Jeff Saturday, Takeo Spikes, James Thrash and Troy Vincent...Serves on NFLPA Executive Committee...Started his “Dictionary Project” in the Twin Cities, donating dictionaries to elementary school students...Continued to be active in the NFL Entrepreneurship program, taking part in classes at Northwestern’s Kellogg School in 2007, his 3rd year in the program, previously studying at Stanford and Harvard...Was named Pro Football Weekly’s “Arthur S. Arkush Humanitarian of the Year” in 2003 and was voted an “NFL Good Guy” in 2002, 2003 and 2004 by The Sporting News based on civic responsibility and character...Chosen by teammates at the Chiefs’ NFL Man of the Year nominee and the NFLPA’s Byron “Whizzer” White Award nominee...Born in Germany while his father, Sergeant Major Ben Richardson, was stationed there with the U.S. Army...Tony moved to the States permanently in 7th grade while his father remained in Germany until his senior year in high school...Sister, Shonn, is a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army...After the 2005 Pro Bowl he toured tsunami-ravaged Sri Lanka as part of a week-long relief effort...Sponsors the Rich In Spirit Foundation which benefits Special Olympics and Athletes in Action to name a few...Started a program, The Dictionary Project, that donated over 45,000 dictionaries to elementary school students in the Kansas City area...Took advantage of opportunities presented through the NFL Player Programs system to earn his bachelor’s degree in education from Auburn in 2000 and an MBA from Webster University in 2004...Honored with the 2005 Distinguished Citizen Award from the National Conference for Community and Justice, an organization dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry and racism...Annually hosted the Special Olympics Punt, Pass and Kick competition in Kansas City from 1999-2005...Has a pair of Italian Mastiffs, Sampson and Imani.