Here’s your all-time NFL All-Thug team
(special thanks to John Stafford of Phoenix, AZ)
Former New England Patriots TE Aaron Hernandez is the latest NFL player to face very serious criminal charges – but he is by means the first. The history of the league is filled with the doings of ne’er-do-wells, “thugs” if you will.
We wondered: what would a roster of football’s all-time greatest thugs look like? The South Stands is proud to present: the NFL All Thug team
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Offense
QB Michael Vick (dog killer, 2 years)
WR Rae Carruth (murder, 24y)
WR Plaxico Burress (shot himself, 2y)
TE Aaron Hernandez (murder, pending)
RB Lawrence Phillips (assault with a deadly weapon, 31y)
RB OJ Simpson (double murder, armed robbery, not enough time)
OL Nate Newton (drugs, 7½y)
OL Greg Skrepenak (taking bribes, 2y)
OL Kurt Vollers (drugs, 2y)
OL Kwame Harris (beating the shit out of his boyfriend, pending)
OL Andre Smith (gun on an airplane, pending)
Defense
DE Robert Rozier (murder, drugs, life)
DE Dexter Manley (drugs, 4y)
DT Alonzo Spellman (going crazy on an airplane, etc, 4y)
DT “Tank” Johnson (guns & drugs, 2m)
LB Eric Naposki (murder, life)
LB “Hollywood” Henderson (sexual assault, bribery, 4y)
LB Lawrence Taylor (banged underage prostitute, drugs, multiple stints)
CB Darryl Henley (drug trafficking, 41y)
CB Dwayne Goodrich (negligent homicide, 12½y)
FS Quinton Carter (cheating in a Vegas casino, pending)
SS Joe Lefeged (drugs and guns, pending)
Kickers
P Russell Erxleben (currency fraud, 7y)
K Sebastian Janikowski (bribery, drugs, DUI, probation)