Raphel Cherry

Raphel Cherry
Career information
No. 37, 45
Date of birth	(1961-12-19) December 19, 1961
Place of birth	Little Rock, Arkansas
Position(s)	Defensive back
College	Hawaii
NFL draft	1985 / Round: 5 / Pick: 122
Career history
As player
1985	Washington Redskins
1987–1988	Detroit Lions
Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Raphel Jerome Cherry (born December 19, 1961 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Detroit Lions. He played college football at the University of Hawaii.

In 1999, Cherry was convicted of first degree murder in the death of his wife. He was initially sentenced to life imprisonment,^[1] but upon appeal of his conviction, his sentenced was reduced to 30 years. Cherry's estimated release date is January 9, 2020.^[2]

Raphel Cherry
Born	(1961-12-19) December 19, 1961 Little Rock, Arkansas
Criminal penalty	Life imprisonment, reduced to 360 months imprisonment upon appeal
Criminal status	Incarcerated at the Cummins Unit near Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Spouse(s)	Jerri Cherry (Deceased)
Children	1 daughter

Conviction(s)	Murder - First Degree (Arkansas)

References

Hawaii Rainbow Warriors starting quarterbacks

Gaison Quarles Cherry Gabriel Carey Carter Robinson Rolovich Chang Whieldon Graunke Brennan Alexander Funaki Moniz Austin Graves Schroeder Higgins Graham Woolsey Wittek

Washington Redskins 1985 NFL Draft selections

Tory Nixon Raphel Cherry Danzell Lee Jamie Harris Lionel Vital Barry Wilburn Mitch Geier Terry Orr Raleigh McKenzie Garry Kimble Dean Hamel Bryan Winn

Draft years 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1950 AAFC 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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