Andre Rison

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Andre Rison
Date of birth	March 18, 1967 (age 40)
Place of birth	Flint, Michigan
Position(s)	Wide Receiver
College	Michigan State
NFL Draft	1989 / Round 1/ Pick 22
Pro Bowls	1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998
Stats
Statistics	Pro Football Reference CBS.com DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
1989 1990-1994 1995 1996 1996 1997-1999 2000 2004-2005	Indianapolis Colts Atlanta Falcons Cleveland Browns Jacksonville Jaguars Green Bay Packers Kansas City Chiefs Oakland Raiders Toronto Argonauts (CFL)

Andre Previn Rison (born March 18, 1967 in Flint, Michigan) is a former American football wide receiver who played professionally for the National Football League's Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders, and the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts. Rison was selected to the Pro Bowl 5 times, from 1990-1993 and once again in 1997.

Rison won a Super Bowl championship with the Green Bay Packers in 1996, scoring the first points of the game on a 54-yard touchdown catch. He also won a Grey Cup championship with the Toronto Argonauts in 2004. He is one of the few players to win professional football championships in both the United States of America and Canada. He was released by the Argonauts during the 2005 CFL season.

Rison finished his NFL career with 743 receptions for 10,205 yards and 84 touchdowns, along with 8 kickoff returns for 150 yards and 9 carries for 23 yards.

He is also remembered for his life off the football field, which garnered him the nickname "Bad Moon" Rison from ESPN sportscaster Chris Berman, alluding to a well-known song by Creedence Clearwater Revival. In 1994, he had his Atlanta mansion burned down by his then-girlfriend, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes of the R&B group TLC, resulting in the loss of all his possessions. He has also been arrested several times for failing to pay child support to Raycoa Handley, the mother of his two sons. This ultimately led to Rison getting sentenced to jail by an Atlanta court on December 8, 2004 for neglecting to pay the $127,000 in child support Handley claimed he owed her. On January 3, 2005, Rison was released from DeKalb County Jail after making a $10,000 payment.[1]

While playing for the Kansas City Chiefs, Rison also garnered the nickname Spider-Man. This resulted from his touchdown celebrations where he posed like the superhero flinging spiderwebs. Rison also gained the nickname "Smokey", "Fireman", and "Flamer" as a tribute to the infamous Lopez arson incident. He also became known as Brock Middlebrook, after his attempt to deceive police by identifying himself with that fake name[2].

Rison starred in college at Michigan State, as well as at Flint Northwestern High School.

Rison is also a featured Pro on the second season of the physical reality game show Pros vs. Joes on Spike TV.

While on an episode of the Spike TV's TNA Impact!, a professional wrestling program, Rison was in the ring with announcer Don West talking about his role on the show Pros vs. Joes. They were then interrupted by TNA wrestler Abyss. While Rison tried to extend his hand to Abyss for a handshake, Rison received Abyss' finishing maneuver, the Black Hole Slam (kayfabe). Rison had to be helped from the ring during the commerical break.[3]