On Wednesday, June 26, New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez was charged with the murder of his acquaintance, Odin Lloyd.
The NFL player, who had recently singed a five-year contract with his team (which included a $12.5 million signing bonus), was escorted out of his house in handcuffs as the world watched in dismay.
But this is just the latest crime-related scandal for the NFL, a league that's been plagued with a slew of crimes ranging from DUIs to domestic violence and, of course, murder.
Here is a list of 10 other NFL stars, all convicted or accused of terrible crimes, whose promising careers were arrested (pun intended) once justice caught up to them.
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High dollar thugs. Take a thug out of the ghetto, give them a million dollars and what do you get? A million dollar thug.
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