He attended high school at Lawrence Academy at Groton, Massachusetts. Roby attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and played for the Buffaloes from 2004 to 2008. He graduated as Colorado"s all-time leading scorer, doing so in his final collegiate game.
He averaged 17 points and 5.5 rebounds during his career for the Buffaloes. Roby is the half-brother of Kenyon Martin. Roby was married in 2011 to Kendrea Oliver in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Together they have three children
In the summer of 2008, Roby signed a contract through the year 2009 with Bnei Hasharon in Israel.
During the 2009/2010 season, he joined Maccabi Haifa British Columbia Roby played for the Nuggets in the National Basketball Association Summer League in 2010.
After playing eight games with Halcones Rojos de Veracruz in Mexico, he left and then signed with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the National Basketball Association Doctorate-League. Richard played for Fos sur mer team, in French league (LNB 2nd division ) and for Club Wonju Dongbu Promy, a Korean basketball league team (aka KBL).
