Maurice Clarett vs. Chris Henry

This one is a battle for the ages...

In light of Maurice Clarett's most recent arrest, I had a few conversations with people discussing the downward spiral of his career. With one friend commenting that his was the quickest he had ever seen. However, this got my mind rolling about his rap sheet in general and I needed to find someone with comparable off the field issues. On a side note, as a Miami Hurricane football fan I'm incensed that they guy who cost us the 2003 National Title turned out to be a complete bum.

The player I came up with as my trump card is Cincinnati Bengals Wide Receiver Chris Henry. As far as on the field he's easily a better player than Clarett and had a pretty good 2005 season. But then the season ended...and that's where the fun starts.

Heres the tale of the tape:








Maurice Clarett
Born: October 29, 1983 in Youngstown, Ohio
5'9" 228 lbs

Rap Sheet:

• On January 1, 2006, police announced that they were searching for Clarett in relation to two incidents of armed robbery that took place at 1:46am outside the Opium Lounge danceclub in Columbus, Ohio. Clarett is alleged to have robbed two people with a .45 caliber handgun and then escaped in a white SUV with two unidentified persons. Clarett reportedly made off with only a cell phone valued at $150 belonging to one of the victims.

• On February 10, Clarett was indicted by a Franklin County (Ohio) grand jury on two counts of aggravated robbery with gun specifications and five other counts. If convicted, he could be sentenced to up to 25 years in prison.
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• In the early morning hours of August 9, 2006, Clarett was arrested in Columbus, Ohio, after he failed to comply with police after leading them on a chase in his sport utility vehicle. After driving over a police-mounted spike strip, the chase ended in a nearby restaurant parking lot. According to a police spokesman, the officers also discovered four loaded guns and an open bottle of vodka in the SUV. The officers were forced to use mace to subdue Clarett after a stun-gun proved ineffective because he was wearing a bullet-proof vest.

Pretty good, right?

Not better than this though:









Chris Henry
Born: May 17, 1983 in New Orleans, Louisiana
6'4" 200lbs

• On December 15, 2005 he was pulled over in Northern Kentucky for speeding and marijuana was found in his shoes. He was also driving without a valid driver's license, and without auto insurance. On January 30, 2006, he was arrested in Orlando for multiple gun charges including concealment and aggravated assault with a firearm. He was reported to have been wearing his Number 15 Bengals jersey at the time of his arrest.
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• Finally, Cincinnati media reported on May 4, 2006, that Henry is being investigated by Covington police in connection with a sex crime, which allegedly occurred in a hotel room in Covington, Kentucky early on April 30, 2006. No charges have yet been filed, and on May 24, 2006, Covington police reported that there is no proof anything happened and that the alleged victim might now face charges for filing a false police report.
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• On June 3, 2006 Chris Henry was pulled over outside on Interstate 275 at 1:18 a.m by Ohio Highway Trooper Michael Shimko. At 2:06 a.m. Henry voluntairly submitted to a breathlizer test at Milford Police Department and registered a .092 blood-alcohol level, .012 above the level permitted by Ohio law.

Now I've come to the conclusion that Chris Henry wins for the fact that he was caught committing a crime while wearing his own jersey. What do you think?

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