Calvin Ridley's NFL return includes first Jaguars TD of the season from Trevor Lawrence

Calvin Ridley is back.

The fifth-year wide receiver was one of the NFL's rising stars when a gambling suspension cost him an entire season. Now after a season-plus away from the game because of the ban and injury, he's back as 28-year-old veteran with the Jacksonville Jaguars. And he picked up where he left off.

Ridley was Trevor Lawrence's favorite target early on Sunday, tallying four first-quarter catches for 41 yards against the Indianapolis Colts. His fourth catch was Jacksonville's first touchdown of the season.

With the game in a scoreless tie late in the first quarter, the Jaguars faced third-and-eight at the Colts 10-yard line. Lawrence took a shotgun snap and couldn't find an open receiver going through his initial progression. He scrambled and rolled out to his left away from the Colts pass rush to find Ridley standing by himself on the back baseline in the end zone. He launched a strike from the 20-yard line that Ridley hauled in for his first touchdown with his new team.

The Jaguars traded for Ridley for a package of draft picks at last season's deadline knowing that he wasn't available to play in 2022 — an indicator that they believed he could be an integral part of a rising young offense helmed by Lawrence. He and Lawrence are off to a great start.