Deatrich Wise Jr. is officially the owner of a professional indoor football team.
The New England Patriots defensive end has bought a stake in the Beaumont Renegades, an expansion franchise being added to American Indoor Football (AIF).
Wise is joining in with a group of part-owners that also includes former longtime Arena Football League player Derron Griffin and former sports agent Sam Gordon.
“While football wasn’t invented in Texas, for more than a century, it has been part of the state’s cultural DNA. And Beaumont particularly is widely known as the pro football capital of the world,” Wise said in a press release.