After all the Hernandez hoopla, I started looking into this. OJ and Carruth are the first that came to mind, but it seems NFL players are out there attempting murder at double the rate of all the other sports combined.
NFL players tried for murder (loosely based, includes vehicular homicide, attempted murder etc.)
Rae Carruth, Dwayne Goodrich, Leonard Little, Lawrence Phillips, OJ Simpson, Donte Stallworth, Ray Lewis, Daryl Henley, Eric Napowski, Jovan Belcher (would've been), Aaron Hernandez (possibly), Ausar Walcott (possibly).
Total of 12.
Combine all other major sports (baseball, basketball and hockey) 6.
Granted the roster sizes are larger, but a large majority of these guys were premier players at the time of their trial.
NFL players tried for murder (loosely based, includes vehicular homicide, attempted murder etc.)
Rae Carruth, Dwayne Goodrich, Leonard Little, Lawrence Phillips, OJ Simpson, Donte Stallworth, Ray Lewis, Daryl Henley, Eric Napowski, Jovan Belcher (would've been), Aaron Hernandez (possibly), Ausar Walcott (possibly).
Total of 12.
Combine all other major sports (baseball, basketball and hockey) 6.
Granted the roster sizes are larger, but a large majority of these guys were premier players at the time of their trial.
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