Retirement
Upon retirement, he moved to Los Angeles and became a successful broker, dealing in municipal bonds.
Briscoe later started using drugs heavily, becoming addicted to crack cocaine. He lost his home and was mocked by dealers with the nickname "Seventeen-and-oh" in reference to what should have been a glorious reminder of his NFL days. His Super Bowl rings were auctioned off when he defaulted on a bank loan that had the rings as collateral. He also went to prison.
Today, he works as the director of the Boys and Girls Club in Long Beach, Calif., and has his own football camp for children.
Briscoe is the namesake for the fictional high school in Nike's 2006 "Football is Everything" television and print ad campaign. The ads feature NFL stars Michael Vick, Brian Urlacher, LaDainian Tomlinson, Troy Polamalu and Matt Leinart (as adults) playing for the high school team coached by Don Shula, Jimmy Johnson, and Urban Meyer. Also making appearances in the ads are Deion Sanders, Steve Young, Lee Corso, Jill Arrington, Jillian Barberie, and Briscoe himself.
A movie about Briscoe's life, tentatively called "The Magician", is currently in pre-production. It will chronicle his football career, and his recovery from serious drug addiction following his playing days.
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