Speaking of Criminal Athletes - There's a Database of NFL Player Arrests

United States
June 20, 2026 8:13am CST
I just happened upon this database online of all NFL player arrests since 2000. If I'm doing my math right, there's 20 names per page x 56 pages = 1,120 arrests. That's just the NFL. That doesn't include NBA, Boxing, Hockey, etc., etc. I'm reading arrests for reckless driving, LOTS OF ASSAULTS, drugs, LOTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, guns, obstruction, and more. Doesn't that number sound awfully high to you? I mean, I believe the number is accurate, but why isn't the NFL doing something about it? Why are all of these American Football players so violent and/or criminal? Like I've said before in prior posts, they are entitled divas who think they are above the law and untouchable. Here's the link to the database:
https://databases.usatoday.com/nfl-arrests/
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (87038)
• United States
5h
There’s long been a joke about teams with a lot of arrests (I first heard it about the Cowboys): “I predict they’ll be 10-6 this year, ten arrests and six convictions.” Or that “NFL” stands for “National Felons League.” But it’s nothing new. Remember the 1919 World Series? Only difference then was, nobody went to prison for it. And, to be fair, the worst scandal in recent history wasn’t a player, but a coach: Jerry Sandusky.
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LooeyVille
@LooeyVille (68)
• United States
5h
It's a shame. Sports used to be such a down-home boy-next-door honorable pass time.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (87038)
• United States
5h
@LooeyVille — nah. I saw an article in a 1904 newspaper that a baseball player participated in a lynching and was arrested. They’re no different than anyone else…except the football players getting knocked in the head a lot (which they are more and more convinced is causing the problems, with all the CBT investigations being done in postmortem research).
Jimbo45
@Ineeddentures (35977)
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4h
When you beak it down It's actually less than one per week over the last 26 years.
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Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (56383)
• Canada
8h
The last line of your posts really does describe someone else that I know, your president.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (113007)
• United States
8h
Considering that's such a small group compared to how many people are in the country in total, that's a huge number and quite eye opening. Something in the water?
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Michael Duff
@Wrexxo (2229)
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8h
That's truly a high number. I guess a lot of people don't know how to handle fame and money. Once they have both, they start misbehaving
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