Richie Ross
Encyclopedia
Richie Ross is an American football
wide receiver
who is currently playing for the Omaha Beef
of the Indoor Football League
. He was originally signed by the Houston Texans
as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played division II college football
at the University of Nebraska at Kearney for the Lopers.
on May 2, 2006 and was then released by Houston on September 1, 2006. On November 16, 2006, Ross was signed to the practice squad for the Titans. Richie was re-signed to the active roster of the Titans on January 11, 2007 and was waived a little more than a year later on February 13, 2008.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
wide receiver
Wide receiver
A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
who is currently playing for the Omaha Beef
Omaha Beef
The Omaha Beef are a professional indoor football team. They are a member of the Indoor Football League . They play their home games at Omaha Civic Auditorium, which was also once the home of the AHL's Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights and is now the home of the Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey...
of the Indoor Football League
Indoor Football League
The Indoor Football League began in 1999 as an offshoot of the troubled Professional Indoor Football League. Keary Ecklund, the owner of the Green Bay Bombers and Madison Mad Dogs, left the PIFL after its first, financially-troubled, season to start his own league. Unlike the PIFL, the IFL was an...
. He was originally signed by the Houston Texans
Houston Texans
The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The team is currently a member of the Southern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played division II college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
at the University of Nebraska at Kearney for the Lopers.
Professional career
He was originally signed by the Houston TexansHouston Texans
The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The team is currently a member of the Southern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
on May 2, 2006 and was then released by Houston on September 1, 2006. On November 16, 2006, Ross was signed to the practice squad for the Titans. Richie was re-signed to the active roster of the Titans on January 11, 2007 and was waived a little more than a year later on February 13, 2008.