Beginning in his sophomore season, he played on Cy-Fair High School's football varsity team.
[3] This time he started all the games as the Browns held an 11–5 record in 1980 and won the AFC Central Division title.
A lockout-shortened season then gave them a 4–5 record, good enough to get into the playoffs where they lost to the Raiders once again.
[1] In 1984, Risien missed the entire regular season due to a preseason knee injury.
[4] Before turning pro, Risien had graduated from with a degree from the Texas A&M School of Architecture in 1979.
[5] A decade later, he moved back to Texas and began working with a large construction company based in Austin.
He also did ministry, becoming a lay minister at the St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Bay Village.
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