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Chris Rainey is one of the richest Football Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Chris Rainey's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was an NCAA 4×100 relay champion in the year 2010 the same year he helped with the University of Florida win the BCS National title.
The Steelers scored two touchdowns through the Steelers in his first season, but was then dismissed from the team due to an arrest.
Christopher “Chris” Rainey (born March 2, 1988) is a Canadian football running back and kick returner for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the University of Florida, and was a member of Florida’s BCS National Championship team in 2009. The Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) selected him in the fifth round of the 2012 NFL Draft. He has also played for the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts and the CFL’s Montreal Alouettes and Toronto Argonauts.
The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Rainey in the fifth round, 159th overall pick, of the 2012 NFL Draft, and the team announced he had signed a four-year contract on May 6, 2012. He debuted for the Steelers against the Denver Broncos on September 9, 2012 and scored his first NFL touchdown against the Cincinnati Bengals on October 21, 2012.
Rainey signed with the Indianapolis Colts on November 20, 2013. He spent three weeks with Indianapolis. His first week, given limited practice time with the team, he was inactive. Rainey would, however, appear in the next two contests for the Colts; Weeks 13 & 14. Immediately following their Week 14 match-up, a losing effort to the Cincinnati Bengals, Indianapolis announced Monday December 9, that Rainey had been placed on season-ending Injured Reserve. In his two games with the Colts Rainey returned six kickoffs and four punts for a total of 160 all-purpose yards. Despite being used in a few third-down packages, Rainey failed to make any offensive contributions in his very limited time with Indianapolis. On July 28, 2014 Colts coach Chuck Pagano announced Chris Rainey had been released from the team citing, “It’s unfortunate and [a] violation of team rules. It was an in-house deal, that’s all I’m going to say about that.”
