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Jaguars' Calvin Ridley Advises NFL Players to Avoid Gambling: 'Not Worth It at All'

After serving a one-year suspension for gambling on football games, Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Calvin Ridley has some advice for other players.

Ridley told Juston Lewis of the Florida Times-Union on Monday that when he has the opportunity, he freely talks about his experience and tells players to stay away from sports betting as a whole.

"A couple guys reached out. I just schooled them on what I know and how serious it is," Ridley said. "I think, even for me, once I found out I was getting investigated, I didn't even know [how serious it was].