Aaron Hernandez
> Team(s): New England Patriots
> Convicted of: First-degree murder
> Arrested in: 2013
> Sentence: Life in prison
Just before he was set to begin his fourth NFL season, New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Hernandez was eventually convicted of killing his once-friend Odin Lloyd. Hernandez took his own life in a Massachusetts prison in 2017. After he died, Hernandez’s conviction was briefly vacated, as he was appealing his case, but the verdict was reinstated in 2019.
