Trent Richardson got his first CFL carry on Saturday, less than two weeks after signing with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. It looked a lot like many of the 614 carries he had during his three NFL seasons:

In Richardson's defense, it sounds like he's taking this seriously; 3DownNation.com reports that he arrived in Saskatchewan in excellent shape, it's just that the on-field success remains elusive.

It's been over a year since Richardson was last in an NFL training camp. He was waived by the Ravens on Aug. 6, 2016, three months after signing with them, making Baltimore Richardson's fourth NFL team since the Browns drafted him third overall in 2012. He last played a regular-season game in 2014.

The Ravens cut Richardson last August because of a pre-existing knee injury that flared up during offseason workouts. At the time, Ravens coach John Harbaugh defended Richardson, who has battled weight issues through his professional career, saying there's "still an opportunity [him] to come back in the future."

That opportunity never materialized, and Richardson spent the 2016 season out of work.

So how did things go sideways so quickly for Richardson, who starred at Alabama, once he reached the NFL?

He explained in March 2016 that there was none of the structure in Cleveland that he had in Tuscaloosa, and it proved to be too much for a 22-year-old to handle.

"It's very easy to get lazy in the NFL -- not having everything scheduled and not having everything like at Alabama where it was so structured," Richardson said at the time. "We had study hall or we had to get a workout in in between classes and had five classes a day. It was just so structured. In the NFL, everything's on your own."

Now 27, Richardson is hoping jump-start a professional career that never got on track in the NFL.