National Football League

Jets DL Richardson suspended for season opener by NFL

Updated Mar. 5, 2020 1:03 a.m. ET

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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) New York Jets defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson has been suspended by the NFL for the first game of the 2016 regular season for violating the league's personal conduct policy.

Richardson will be eligible to return to the Jets' active roster on Sept. 12 following the team's Sept. 11 opener against Cincinnati. But he can participate in all preseason practices and games.

He pleaded guilty in January to resisting arrest after police clocked him driving at speeds as high as 143 mph in Missouri last July.

Resisting arrest is listed by the NFL as a violation of the personal conduct policy.

Richardson was suspended for the first four games last season for violating the league's substance abuse policy. He was the 2013 AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.

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