Andre Previn Rison was born on March 18,1967 and is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for the Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs, and Oakland Raiders.
33 Facts About Andre Rison
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Andre Rison played in the Canadian Football League for the Toronto Argonauts.
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Andre Rison won a Super Bowl championship with the Packers in 1997 over the New England Patriots, scoring the first points of the game on a 54-yard touchdown catch from quarterback Brett Favre.
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Andre Rison won a Grey Cup championship with the Toronto Argonauts in 2004.
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Andre Rison is one of the few players to win professional football championships in both the United States and Canada.
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Andre Rison was released by the Argonauts during the 2005 CFL season.
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Andre Rison holds an NFL record for scoring a touchdown with 7 teams.
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Andre Rison was a star player at Flint Northwestern High School and in college at Michigan State University.
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Andre Rison was only the 5th Receiver in NFL history to score 60 touchdowns in his first six seasons.
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Andre Rison led the NFL in most receptions in his first four and first five seasons.
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Andre Rison was second in the NFL for most receptions in six seasons.
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Andre Rison was expected to become the featured receiving threat for the Browns, who had made the playoffs the year before.
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Andre Rison, who had been named to the Pro Bowl in four of his previous six seasons, had career lows in receptions, yards, touchdowns, receptions per game, and yards per game.
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Andre Rison developed a feud with the Cleveland fans, who were angered over the announcement that the team would be relocating to Baltimore to go with his performance, with Andre Rison later stating he had received death threats mailed to him.
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In 1996, Andre Rison spent the first ten games with the Jacksonville Jaguars, catching 34 passes for 458 yards and two touchdowns.
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Andre Rison played in five of the remaining games, catching 13 passes for 135 yards and one touchdown.
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Andre Rison signed with the Kansas City Chiefs prior to the 1997 season.
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The Raiders made a run in the playoffs, and Andre Rison made small contribution, catching three combined passes for 44 yards.
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Andre Rison finished his NFL career with 743 receptions for 10,205 yards and 84 touchdowns, along with eight kickoff returns for 150 yards and nine carries for 23 yards.
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Andre Rison signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League in August 2004, who went on to win the 92nd Grey Cup championship that year.
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Andre Rison was released by the team in August 2005.
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Andre Rison is remembered for his life off the football field, which garnered him the nickname "Bad Moon" Andre Rison from ESPN sportscaster Chris Berman, alluding to the song "Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
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Andre Rison gave himself the nickname in part because he viewed Spider-Man as a positive character and wanted to be thought of as less of a headache and problem.
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In March 2010, Andre Rison was named the new head coach for Flint Northwestern High School's football team.
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In two years at Flint Northwestern, Andre Rison's coaching the team showed noticeable improvement in his second season, nearly doubling their offensive output, and losing four of their games by a combined total of only nine points.
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In May 2012, Andre Rison announced that he was leaving Flint Northwestern in order to complete his degree at Michigan State and join the football team as an assistant coach.
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Andre Rison coached his son Hunter Rison, who committed to Michigan State on April 1,2016.
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Andre Rison appeared on an episode of the MTV reality show Made.
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Andre Rison worked to help a student become a high school varsity quarterback.
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Andre Rison was a featured Pro on the second season of the reality show Pros vs Joes on Spike TV, and appeared in an episode of TNA Impact.
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Andre Rison was at the center of the hexagonal ring, and then Abyss came out and Black Hole slammed Rison.
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Andre Rison was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in Detroit on September 15,2017.
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Andre Rison dated Lisa Lopes of TLC on and off from 1993 to 2001.