Former NFL receiver Andre Rison has been jailed after pleading guilty to second-offense DUI.
TMZ reports that Rison will spend two days behind bars in Michigan, from Friday to Sunday.
Rison pleaded guilty this week after an August 2025 arrest. He was sentenced to five total days and 18 months probation.
A first-round pick of the Colts in 1989, Rison was traded to the Falcons in 1990. He spent five seasons in Atlanta and one in Cleveland.
He was released by the Browns after the 1995 season. Rison then signed with the Jaguars, who cut him after 10 games. The Packers claimed Rison on waivers, and he later scored the first touchdown in Green Bay’s Super Bowl XXXI victory.
Rison spent the next three years with the Chiefs and one with the Raiders. After his last NFL season (2000), he joined the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL for part of the 2004 and 2005 seasons, winning a Grey Cup to cap his first year.
Rison was a five-time Pro Bowler, a first-team All-Pro in 1990, and a second-team All-Pro from 1991 through 1993. He finished his career with 10,205 receiving yards (54th all time) and 84 receiving touchdowns (tied for 23rd with Mark Clayton, Irving Fryar, and Tommy McDonald).
The Falcons announced a roster move on Thursday that’s tied to the report that they are trading for Chiefs offensive tackle Wanya Morris.
Offensive tackle Storm Norton has been placed on the physically unable to perform list. Norton missed all of last season after having ankle surgery in August and is not ready to return to action yet.
Norton played 31 games for Atlanta in 2023 and 2024. He also played 31 games for the Chargers and one game for the Vikings earlier in his career.
If healthy, Norton likely would have been vying for a reserve role behind Jake Matthews and free agent pickup Jawaan Taylor this offseason. Taylor is likely to start at right tackle after joining the team in the wake of Kaleb McGary’s retirement.
The Falcons swapped late-round draft picks with the Chiefs to acquire Morris, who will now try for the kind of role Norton was ticketed for this season.
Offensive tackle Wanya Morris wanted to move on from the Chiefs and he’ll be doing so in the near future.
Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that the Chiefs have agreed to trade Morris to the Falcons. Per multiple reports, the Chiefs will receive a 2027 sixth-round pick while also sending a 2027 seventh-round selection to Atlanta.
Word earlier this week was that the Chiefs and Morris had agreed to look for trade options.
Morris started 11 games for the Chiefs during the 2024 season and started 16 of his 43 overall appearances for the AFC West club. Falcons right tackle Kaleb McGary retired this offseason, so Morris will join Jake Matthews, Jawaan Taylor, Storm Norton, Michael Jerrell and Jack Nelson as the team’s tackle options.
The Falcons have signed receiver Drake London to a long-term deal. The new-money APY comes in at $35.27 million, putting him ahead of Justin Jefferson for third on the list of highest-paid receivers.
The details have arrived. Here are the full details of the Drake London deal, per a source with knowledge of the terms.
1. Signing bonus: $33.656 million.
2. 2026 base salary: $1.215 million, fully guaranteed.
3. 2027 option bonus: $16.49 million, fully guaranteed.
4. 2027 offseason workout bonus: $250,000, fully guaranteed (but must be earned).
5. 2027 base salary: $1.26 million, fully guaranteed.
6. 2028 option bonus: $34.445 million, guaranteed for injury at signing and fully guaranteed as of the third day of the 2027 league year.
7. 2028 offseason workout bonus: $250,000, guaranteed for injury at signing and fully guaranteed as of the third day of the 2027 league year (but must be earned).
8. 2028 base salary: $1.305 million, guaranteed for injury at signing and fully guaranteed as of the third day of the 2027 league year.
9. 2029 option bonus: $29.615 million, guaranteed for injury at signing and fully guaranteed as of the third day of the 2028 league year.
10. 2029 offseason workout bonus: $250,000.
11. 2029 base salary: $2.635 million.
12. 2029 per-game roster bonus: $1 million total ($58,823 per game).
13. 2030 90-man roster bonus: $2 million, due on the third day of the 2030 league year.
14. 2030 option bonus: $23.1 million.
15. 2030 offseason workout bonus: $250,000.
16. 2030 base salary: $9.15 million.
17. 2030 per-game roster bonus: $1 million total ($58,823 per game).
The deal includes two separate escalators for 2029 and 2030.
In 2029, London’s base salary will increase by $2.1 million if he has 225 catches or 3,000 receiving yards or 24 touchdowns from 2026 through 2028.
The 2030 base salary will increase by $900,000 with 300 catches or 4,000 receiving yards or 32 touchdowns from 2026 through 2029.
In 2029, the base salary increases by $1 million for each prior season from 2026 through 2028 of 110 catches or 1,200 receiving yards or 10 touchdowns or first-team All-Pro or second-team All-Pro or 80-percent playing time plus a Super Bowl win — with a maximum increase of $3 million.
In 2030, the base salary increases by $1 million for each prior season from 2026 through 2029 of 110 catches or 1,200 receiving yards or 10 touchdowns or first-team All-Pro or second-team All-Pro or 80-percent playing time plus a Super Bowl win — with a maximum increase of $3 million.
London had been under contract for 2026, at a fifth-year option of $16.82 million. He now has a five-year deal with a total base value of $157.88 million. The four new years, at $141.06 million, have a new-money average of $35.26 million.
With escalators, London can make another $9 million, pushing the new money to $150.06 million.
The first two years are fully guaranteed at signing, and the third year becomes fully guaranteed in year two, with another $11 million in full guarantees for year four, which vest in year three.
Given that London, in four seasons, has one 1,000-yard season and no Pro Bowls, it’s a very good deal for a player on whom the new regime is clearly counting to do big things.
Michael Penix might . . . or might not be cleared for a return to team work in time for the Falcons’ minicamp next week. Coach Kevin Stefanski is allowing only “we’ll see.”
Until Penix is cleared for football activities, the Falcons don’t have a quarterback competition.
That was the word from quarterbacks coach Alex Van Pelt on Wednesday.
“It’s tough to have a competition when both guys aren’t competing at the same level right now,” Van Pelt said, via Marc Raimondi of ESPN. “So, it’s hard, and it’ll come. It’ll happen at some point. Mike’s done a great job of getting himself to where he is right now. Really impressive to take 7-on-7 reps and go out and compete. That’s been great. But really, there’s no competition until we can actually evaluate him equally.”
Tua Tagovailoa is taking all of the first-team snaps with Penix participating only in individual drills and 7-on-7 work as he works his way back from an ACL tear. Penix underwent surgery Nov. 25 after his knee injury against the Panthers.
Van Pelt revealed that Penix is taking more 7-on-7 reps than Tagovailoa.
“We split the reps as evenly as we can without Mike taking team reps,” Van Pelt said. “It gets a little lopsided toward Tua.”
Penix had a scheduled day off from practice Monday, and Stefanski wouldn’t provide any timetable or specifics on Penix’s return.
“He’s hitting every milestone that he’s supposed to hit,” Stefanski said. “We’re in constant communication with our medical team and Mike, and I think he’s doing everything he can do and certainly when he may want to do more, we have to hold him back from certain things potentially. But not going to put any timeframes out there just yet, just going to focus on what’s in front of us.”
