Thanks CH, since that story has been going around for quite some time (yours is not the first time I've seen it posted), I've been meaning to look into it to either substantiate it with facts or put it to bed as disinformation...especially the "One in every three players have spent time in the slammer" comment! According to my research, the "search‑verified number" is somewhere between 31-41 of the 121 players from the 2008 University of Florida football team who were arrested either during their time at UF or later in life. This figure comes from reporting cited by The New York Times and summarized in multiple outlets, noting that 41 of the 121 players on the national‑championship roster had an arrest record at some point. Other articles discussing the Urban Meyer era confirm widespread arrests but do not contradict the 41‑player total; they simply reference the broader pattern of player misconduct during his tenure. While some sources mention the arrests in the context of the American Sports Story series, they do not provide a different number and instead reinforce that “many players” from the 2008 team had legal issues. Because the full list of all 41 arrested players is not published anywhere, the only verifiable information comes from publicly documented cases, and aggregate reporting on the types of charges and patterns across Urban Meyer’s teams. Media reporting on the 41 arrested players describes a wide range of offenses, but only in general categories — not player‑by‑player detail. · Alcohol‑related offenses — underage drinking, DUI · Disorderly conduct — fights, public disturbances · Theft and property crimes — including Cam Newton’s laptop case · Assault and battery — several incidents across the roster · Weapons charges — including high‑profile cases · Felonies committed after UF careers — including violent crimes · Domestic incidents — reported in a few cases · Drug‑related offenses — possession, paraphernalia These categories come directly from the reporting that cites the 41 arrests but does not name most players individually. Only a small number of players from the 2008 roster have publicly documented cases tied to their names in the search results. The first was Aaron Hernandez, a story no school would be proud of. Hernandez was charged with murder (Odin Lloyd), weapons charges, assault incidents and multiple violent offenses after leaving UF. He is the most widely documented case. When Aaron Hernandez died in 2017, his 2015 murder conviction for Odin Lloyd was automatically vacated under an old Massachusetts legal doctrine called abatement ab initio. That rule wiped out a conviction if a defendant died before their appeals were completed. According to reporting, the court overturned the conviction immediately after his death for that reason. In 2019, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reinstated Hernandez’s murder conviction, ruling that the abatement doctrine was outdated and had never been formally adopted into state law. The court ended the practice entirely and restored the guilty verdict. But it’s important to note that Hernandez played at UF from 2007–2009 and declared for the NFL Draft after the 2009 season, meaning he effectively left the university in January 2010. The murder occurred in June 2013, about 3½ years after he left UF! The most notable other case was Cam Newton, who was arrested at UF for possession of a stolen laptop but charges dropped after pre‑trial intervention and no further criminal issues after leaving UF. And so you know I’ve done my due diligence, I found a few other arrest reports and their outcome… Chris Rainey was arrested in 2010 after sending his girlfriend a text message that said “Time to die”, which led to a misdemeanor stalking charge. But the case did not end in a conviction. Prosecutors allowed him to enter a pre‑trial diversion program, and once he completed the required conditions, the charge was dropped. Jamar Hornsby was convicted for misdemeanor improper use of a credit card, not the original felony charges, making nearly 70 fraudulent charges on a BP gas card belonging to Ashley Slonina, a UF student who died in a motorcycle crash in 2007. He used the card for months after her death. He got a one-year of probation and paid early $10,000 in restitution and court costs. Hornsby was a current UF player at the time of the credit‑card incident, but he was immediately dismissed from the team after his arrest. He later violated his probation by getting into another criminal case (a 2009 simple assault), which resulted in 90 days in Alachua County Jail. So here’s the key point…no sources actually list another 2008 roster player with a confirmed criminal conviction. They only say “many players were arrested” or “multiple star players were arrested,” but they do not name them or document convictions! In this day of FOIA and government transparency, just a list of names would convince me the numbers are valid; but as the New York Times can’t or won’t provide their research results, or even publish the names of the alleged players involved: I am bound to take this reporting with a grain of salt! That NYT reporting you shared is the only source of the 41‑player figure claim. Every other article—CNN World Today, Zolentz Entertainment and others—is simply repeating or summarizing that same article!