Welcome to the BadJocks BAC Rankings
How does a young college star, pulled over for his first DUI compare to some of the all time greats? How "good" is a BAC of .25% anyway? Well, now you have a way to compare your favorite drunken athlete with others who have gone before him.Below is a list of alleged public drunks or drunk drivers from the sports world. If you are aware of any that aren't listed here please and be sure to put "BAC Rankings" in the subject line. Before you dash off that e-mail message though, we have established several guidelines to be part of this ranking;
- The person must be a national athlete or affiliated in some way with sports.
- Reported BAC levels must be able to be verified in a legitimate news source. Current website links are preferred.
- No minors, please. (That's under 18, even though the legal drinking age is 21.)
- Contestants must not have killed or seriously injured themselves, or others, in the process.
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Current
Rank |
Name |
Sport or Affiliation |
Date of Incident |
Reported BAC* |
Special Note |
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| 1 - NEW!!!! |
Carly Cross |
Field Hockey Player for Frostburg State U. |
December 3, 2004 |
0.365% |
Although Cross was ticketed for underage drinking, she and several other victims claim to have been forced to drink liquor and beer as part of a "Christmas buddy" party by other upper-class members of the field hockey team during a bizarre hazing ritual. |
| 2 |
Andrew Pointon |
Professional Golfer |
May 7, 2002 |
0.36% |
He's reported as having four and a half times the UK legal limit when arrested for DUI. |
| 3 |
Lary Sorensen |
Former Detroit Tigers broadcaster |
October 16, 1999 |
0.35% |
While out on bail for this DUI arrest, he was pulled over again and blew a 0.24%. (See below) |
| T4 |
Lary Sorensen |
Former Detroit Tigers broadcaster |
October 30, 2004 |
0.31% |
His 6th DUI arrest and a probation violation, Lary could go to prison for this one. |
| T4 |
Bob Probert |
NHL star |
July 15, 1994 |
0.31% |
In addition to DUI, cops also suspect he had cocaine in his system when he wrecked his motorcycle! |
| T4 |
JaRon Rush |
Former UCLA basketball player |
May 21, 2002 |
0.31% |
With a BAC over.30, he had to taken to the hospital. |
| 5 |
Lynn Miernicki |
Curling fan |
Dec. 21, 2000 |
0.30% |
His family is suing because he fell down a flight of stairs at a curling club and claims the place should have stopped serving he before he had 20 to 25 bottles of beers! |
| 6 |
Brandon L. Hefflin |
U of Toledo football player |
January 19, 2003 |
0.28% |
Arrested at a bar, he was taken to a hospital where he threw a portable urinal at an officer and tried to flee police. |
| 7 |
Debbie Rahal |
Wife of Indy champ Bobby Rahal |
July 10, 1999 |
0.27% |
According to the Columbus Dispatch, she had her kids in the car with her at the time of her DUI arrest. (Submitted by David K. Singh) |
| 8 |
Jim McMahon |
Former Bears Quarterback |
November 9, 2003 |
0.261% |
During the DUI sobriety test, reportedly told officers, 'I'm too drunk. You got me.'" |
| T9 |
Unnamed Racine, Wisconsin Drunk |
Miniature Golfer |
October 3, 2004 |
0.26% |
A 19-year-old Racine man and his friend were arrested Oct. 3 on allegations of underage drinking and disorderly conduct after they stole a bucket of golf balls from Mulligan's Mini Golf, threw the balls at each other and then used their golf clubs as swords and "fenced." A breath test showed a blood-alcohol level of 0.26 for the Racine man and 0.17 for his friend. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) |
| T9 |
John Abraham |
New York Jets defensive lineman |
October 1, 2003 |
0.26% |
He plead guilty to the lesser charge of driving while impaired and avoided the jail time he could have faced if convicted of DUI. |
| T9 |
Ingrida Sabonis |
Wife of former Blazers’ center Arvydas Sabonis |
December 2000 |
0.26% |
Her second DUI offense in less than a year, her BAC in the first arrest was only 0.23%, but she was on the way to pick up the kids from school. |
| 10 |
Reginald "Reggie" M. Wilson |
Assistant football coach for the Easton Area High School, in PA |
September 2004 |
0.25% |
Coach Wilson was on the sidelines the same night he was arrested about an hour and 25 minutes after the game was over. |
| 11 |
Michael Schilling |
HS girls basketball coach |
August 2003 |
0.247% |
In addition to DUI, he was also charged with one count each of marked lanes and seat belt violations. |
| 11 |
Bernard Gilkey |
Former Atlanta Braves outfielder |
October 2000 |
0.247% |
Got jail time for being a persistent drunk driver. |
| T12 |
Mitch Ohnstad |
Minnesota's Mr. Basketball - 1996 |
February 2005 |
0.24% |
A two-season letter winner for the Minnesota Gophers in 1998-2000, Mitch was arrested for drunken driving in Lakeville on Feb. 27. It was his third DWI-type offense since March 1999. |
| T12 |
Lary Sorensen |
Former Detroit Tigers broadcaster |
November, 1999 |
0.24% |
Lary was out on bail for an earlier DUI arrest where he blew an even more impressive 0.35% BAC when he was arrested for this DUI. |
| T12 |
Clark Haggans |
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker |
June 21, 2003 |
0.24% |
Haggans was arrested for DUI in the north-Denver suburb of Federal Heights after police said there was a confrontation passengers in two vehicles. |
| T12 |
Jon Garrido |
High school football fan |
September 2003 |
0.24% |
18-year-old fan ran onto field and hit coach and several players with a stick |
| T12 |
Charles Woodson |
Oakland Raiders DB |
May, 2000 |
0.24% |
Arrested during own charity golf tournament |
| 13 |
Jeff Garcia |
SF 49ers QB |
January 2004 |
0.237% |
DUI arrest occured when he was leaving the campus of San Jose State University and forced to give field sobriety test in a Jack-in-the-Box parking lot. |
| 14 |
James Beattie |
British Soccer Player |
September, 2002 |
0.233% |
Had a designated driver but decided to move car anyway. |
| T15 |
Dennis Erickson |
Former Seattle Seahawks Coach |
April, 1985 |
0.23% |
Thanks to the Jim Rome Show and The Smoking Gun for their assistance. |
| T15 |
Joe Bernard |
Fairfield University Football Coach |
November 22, 2001 |
0.23% |
Crashed his car into five parked cars Thanksgiving Day before being arrested for DUI. |
| T15 |
Ed Podolak |
Former Iowa football star current(?) radio broadcaster |
September, 1997 |
0.23% |
(Tip from Phillip Luebke) |