NFL players who were convicted of horrific crimes – With more than 1,600 players in the NFL, you are bound to have a few bad apples here and there. Although it may seem like football players are committing crimes at an alarming rate, a UT Dallas study has revealed that between the years 2000 – 2013, the arrest rate for NFL players was lower than the arrest rate for the general population.
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However, when an athlete commits a crime, it’s usually plastered all over every media outlet, and everyone from the sports world and beyond becomes fixated on every single gruesome detail.
No one bats an eye when an NFL players is popped for a petty crime such as theft, but when an horrific crime takes place at the hands of a star player, it definitely gets our attention. Many NFL players have been convicted of crimes ranging from murder, to sexual assault and kidnapping, and in the blink of an eye, these players go from seeing their name in shiny, bright lights to seeing their name at top of a jail booking sheet.
We may never understand why some of these NFL players choose to ruin their lives, promising careers, and the lives of others by committing such heinous acts of violence. Even though some players get away with just a slap on the wrist, others have not been so lucky, and have been ordered to spend the rest of their lives behind bars.
Check out this surprising list of 10 NFL players who were convicted of horrific crimes.
10. Eric Naposki
If you blinked, you may have missed Eric Naposki’s stint in the NFL. The New York-native played for just three seasons – one with the Indianapolis Colts, and one with the New England Patriots. By 1989, he was out of the league, and playing football overseas in Barcelona, Spain up until 1997. He seemed like your typical football player, making a living doing what he loved, but no one knew that the 6’2″ linebacker had committed a horrific crime back in 1994.
Naposki shot and killed a man named Bill McLaughlin so that McLaughlin’s girlfriend, Nanette Johnston, could collect his life insurance in December 1994. The murder went unsolved until May 21, 2009 when Naposki was finally charged with the crime and found guilty of first-degree murder. During the proceedings, it was revealed that Naposki and Johnston were secret lovers, and not only was the killing done for financial gain, but the two wanted to be together without McLaughlin in the picture. Johnston was also charged and convicted of first-degree murder, and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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