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Aaron Josef Hernandez [a] (November 6, 1989 – April 19, 2017) was an American professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played three seasons with the New England Patriots until his arrest and conviction for the murder of Odin Lloyd.
Eric Andrew Naposki (born December 20, 1966) is an American former professional football player who played in the National Football League (NFL) and World League of American Football (WLAF) from 1988 to 1997.
Name Status with team when arrested Crime Term Notes Kevin Allen: Free agent Sexual assault: 15 years [1] Released after 33 months. Will Allen: Retired Wire fraud and money laundering: 6 years in prison, 3 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution of $16.8 million (along with co-defendant) [2] Richard Alston: Retired
For professional football players, the most common cause of death is vehicle crashes. For college players, the most common cause of death is in-game and practice injuries. Each player is listed with the team to which he was assigned at the time of his death, rather than the team with which he spent most of his career. Players who were free ...
On April 12, 2015, Phillips' cellmate, Damion Soward, [32] the cousin of former NFL wide receiver R. Jay Soward, was found dead in the cell the two men shared. Soward, who was serving a sentence of 82 years to life for a murder conviction, [33] was choked to death. On September 1, Phillips was charged with first-degree murder in Soward's death ...
On April 7, 2008, ESPN radio analyst and former player Michael Irvin said he took a phone call from Henry, discussing "cleaning up his act", much like Irvin encouraged Adam "Pacman" Jones to do. [19] Henry and Jones were teammates at West Virginia, and both served NFL suspensions imposed by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell during the 2007 NFL season.
Leonard considered entering the NFL draft in 2006 but stayed for his senior year and took on a less prominent role in the offense which aided Rice's rise to stardom. [15] Rice was a finalist for the Maxwell Award and finished seventh in the Heisman Trophy voting. [16] Rice was named Big East offensive player of the week a school-record three ...
Mallett, who was often projected prior to the draft as a first-round talent, [73] fell to the third round of the 2011 NFL draft, where he was selected 74th overall by the New England Patriots [74] (using the pick they received when they traded Randy Moss to the Minnesota Vikings); that pick was the highest pick the Patriots had used on a ...