[2] Word pleaded guilty, but his willingness to cooperate and his limited involvement in the case meant he only received 5 months in prison.
[3] After Word's release from prison in March 1987, he signed a three-year contract with the Saints and ran for 133 yards as a halfback in his rookie year.
Unhappy with being shifted from running back to halfback, Word walked away from the Saints after two games in 1988.
At the start of the 1994 season Word was traded to the Minnesota Vikings and he ran for 847 yards on 142 carries.
[5] He now lives in Haymarket, Virginia and owns SpeedPro Imaging of Centreville, a wide-formating printing company.