Richard Fain

Richard Alexander Fain (born February 29, 1968) is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for two seasons during the early 1990s. Fain played college football for the Florida Gators, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Cincinnati Bengals, Phoenix Cardinals and Chicago Bears of the NFL.

Richard Fain

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Position:	Cornerback
Personal information
Born:	(1968-02-29) February 29, 1968 (age 56) Quincy, Florida, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school:	North Fort Myers (North Fort Myers, Florida)
College:	Florida
NFL draft:	1991 / round: 6 / pick: 157
Career history
Cincinnati Bengals (1991) Phoenix Cardinals (1991) Chicago Bears (1992–1993) Washington Redskins (1994)*[1]
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
2× Second-team All-American (1989, 1990) 2× First-team All-SEC (1989, 1990)
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Early years

Fain was born in Fort Myers, Florida.^[2] He attended North Fort Myers High School in North Fort Myers,^[3] and was a standout high school football player for the North Fort Myers Red Knights.

College career

Fain Accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Galen Hall and coach Steve Spurrier's Gators teams from 1987 to 1990.^[4] He had ten interceptions in four seasons, and received first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) honors in 1989 and 1990, and was also a second-team All-American in 1989 and 1990.^[4] Memorably, in 1990, he recovered a punt blocked by Jimmy Spencer, and returned it twenty-five yards for a touchdown—the margin of victory in the Gators' 17–13 victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide.^[5]

Fain graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in exercise and sport sciences in 1990.

Professional career

The Cincinnati Bengals selected Fain in the sixth round (157th pick overall) of the 1991 NFL draft.^[6] He played for the Bengals and Phoenix Cardinals during the 1991 season.^[7] He played his second and final year in the NFL for the Chicago Bears in 1992.^[7] In Fain's two-season NFL career, he played in twenty-four regular season games and started eight of them.^[7]

See also

• American football portal
• Biography portal
• College football portal

• Florida Gators football, 1980–89
• Florida Gators football, 1990–99
• List of Chicago Bears players
• List of Florida Gators in the NFL draft
• List of University of Florida alumni

References

1. "Transactions". NFL.com. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
2. Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, Richard Fain. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
3. databaseFootball.com, Players, Richard Fain Archived November 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
4. 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived April 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 88, 96–97, 98, 101, 154, 181 (2011). Retrieved August 28, 2011.
5. Norm Carlson, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, p. 107 (2007).
6. "1991 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
7. National Football League, Historical Players, Richard Fain. Retrieved March 10, 2011.

Bibliography

• Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). ISBN 0-7948-2298-3.
• Golenbock, Peter, Go Gators! An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory, Legends Publishing, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (2002). ISBN 0-9650782-1-3.
• Hairston, Jack, Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told, Sports Publishing, LLC, Champaign, Illinois (2002). ISBN 1-58261-514-4.
• McCarthy, Kevin M., Fightin' Gators: A History of University of Florida Football, Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (2000). ISBN 978-0-7385-0559-6.
• Nash, Noel, ed., The Gainesville Sun Presents The Greatest Moments in Florida Gators Football, Sports Publishing, Inc., Champaign, Illinois (1998). ISBN 1-57167-196-X.