second wife, Matilda Johnson. They had two children together, daughter Maiyisha (born in 1976) and son Ahmad Jr. (born in 1978). They divorced in 1979. In 1985, Rashad married actress Phylicia Ayers-Allen, known for her work on The Cosby Show. He proposed to her earlier that year on national television during the pregame show of NBC's broadcast of the Thanksgiving Day football game, between the Detroit Lions and the New York Jets. It was the third marriage for each of them. Unlike many actresses, Phylicia took her husband's surname at marriage. She has kept the name "Phylicia Rashād" as her professional one since their divorce in 2001. Rashad gained a stepson Billy Bowles (born 1973 during her first marriage). After a year of marriage, they had a daughter together, Condola Phylea Rashād, named after his mother. In 2001, after nearly sixteen years of marriage, they divorced. In 2007, Rashad married his fourth wife, Sale Johnson. (She had divorced from Woody Johnson, Johnson & Johnson billionaire heir and New York Jets owner). She brought three daughters to the marriage Casey Johnson (1977–2010), Jamie Johnson (b. 1982), and Daisy Johnson (b. 1987). After Casey died, the couple adopted her daughter (Sale Johnson's granddaughter), Ava-Monroe Johnson (born August 14, 2006). Rashad and Johnson divorced in 2013. In 2016, Rashad married Ana Luz Rodriguez-Paz, a psychologist in South Florida. References External links 1972 NFL Draft – from the Pro Football Hall of Fame Ahmad Rashad, Executive Producer, NBA Inside Stuff TV acres.com – 1985 marriage 1949 births Living people African-American game show hosts African-American male actors African-American players of American football African-American sports journalists African-American Muslims American Quranist Muslims American football running backs American football wide receivers American male television actors American sports journalists American television reporters and correspondents American television sports announcers Buffalo Bills players College football announcers College Football Hall of Fame inductees Golf writers and broadcasters Major League Baseball broadcasters Minnesota Vikings players National Basketball Association broadcasters National Conference Pro Bowl players National Football League announcers Olympic Games broadcasters Oregon Ducks football players Participants in American reality television series Players of American football from Portland, Oregon Players of American football from Tacoma, Washington Sports Emmy Award winners St. Louis Cardinals (football) players Women's National Basketball Association announcers Converts to Islam from Protestantism Former Pentecostals African Americans in Oregon