- Sherman was arrested Sunday morning after being pulled over by police
- The 35-year-old is expected to appear in court on Monday
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Former NFL star Richard Sherman was arrested in Seattle on Sunday morning for drunken driving after he reportedly admitted to drinking two margaritas before being pulled over for going 75 miles per hour in a 60 mph zone.
Sherman, the five-time Pro Bowl cornerback who won the 2014 Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks, was taken to the King County Correctional Facility at about 4:30 a.m. local time on Saturday.
He is expected to appear in court on Monday, after which a judge can decide whether to grant him bail.
The 35-year-old was stopped around 2 a.m. on Interstate 405 in the Seattle suburb of Renton for allegedly driving 75 mph in a 60 mph zone. The Seattle Times reported, citing an arrest report.
Richard Sherman reportedly admitted to drinking two margaritas while intoxicated before his arrest
Sherman, a cornerback, won the Super Bowl in 2014 with the Seattle Seahawk
According to the report, he told Washington State Police troopers that he had consumed two margaritas. Although he refused to take a breathalyzer test, he agreed to voluntary tests, and troopers saw signs that Sherman was under the influence, according to The Times.
According to CNNSherman also had “bloodshot and watery eyes” when he was stopped by police.
Sherman was a member of the 10-year NFL team for the 2010a and was a five-time Pro Bowl selection and three-time first-team All-Pro defensive back.
Selected in the fifth round by Seattle out of Stanford, he played 11 NFL seasons for the Seahawks (2011-17), San Francisco 49ers (2018-20) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2021).
He recorded 37 interceptions, returned three for touchdowns, forced five fumbles and recovered seven while making 495 total tackles in 144 games (136 starts).
As the leader of the Seahawks’ ‘Legion of Boom’ secondary, he won Super Bowl XLVIII with Seattle over the Denver Broncos in the 2013 season.
The 35-year-old is expected to appear in court on Monday, after which a judge can decide whether to grant bail.
Sherman spent two seasons as an analyst for Thursday night pregame and postgame shows on Amazon Prime, and in 2023 he joined Fox Sports’ talk show “Undisputed.”
He pleaded guilty on March 7, 2022, to first-degree negligent driving, second-degree criminal trespass and speeding in a construction zone during a July 2021 incident in Redmond, Washington, a suburb of Seattle.
According to media reports, he was given a 90-day suspended sentence with two years of supervised release, and the two-year period has not yet expired.