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Richard Sherman, an NFL Thursday Night Football analyst and former Seattle Seahawks cornerback, was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of driving under the influence, authorities said.
Sherman, 35, was arrested in King County, Washington, in the Seattle metropolitan area, at 3:48 a.m., according to jail records. The former player was arrested by the Washington State Patrol, Trooper Rick Johnson said, adding that details would be released if formal charges are filed in the case.
The Super Bowl veteran was booked into the King County Correctional Facility at 4:51 a.m. based on a police charge of driving under the influence, those records show. No bail or bond was listed, and it appeared Sherman was still behind bars Saturday night.
Washington state law defines DUI as “driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages, cannabis or any drug,” including having a blood alcohol content of 0.08 or more or more than 5 nanograms of active THC per milliliter of blood.
It was unclear whether the allegations against Sherman involved alcohol, marijuana or another narcotic. An attorney who represented Sherman in the past and a represented company listed on the former player’s Instagram account did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
In the summer of 2021, Sherman was arrested after he allegedly drove under the influence, crashed his pickup truck in a construction zone, and attempted to break into his in-laws’ home in suburban Seattle. The initial case against him included charges of breaking and entering, DUI and resisting arrest.
As part of a deal with King County Superior Court after those incidents, he pleaded guilty in March 2022 to two misdemeanors: first-degree negligent driving and second-degree criminal trespass. The deal included court supervision through part of 2024, as well as a 90-day suspended jail sentence, with two days credited for time already served, as long as Sherman stayed out of trouble.
Also in 2022, Sherman announced that he would switch to television appearances and take a hiatus from his football career. Amazon Prime Video said in An introduction to your NFL broadcast hosts Last year Sherman joined ahead of the 2022 launch of his “Thursday Night Football” franchise, working as a pregame, halftime and postgame analyst.
Sherman’s playing career included two Super Bowls with the victorious Seattle Seahawks in 2014; contributions to a San Francisco 49ers team that reached the big game in 2019; and play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
He told NFL Network in 2022 that he was leaving the door open to the possibility of returning to the field.
sherman grew up in South Los Angeles in a neighborhood near Watts, he attended Dominguez High School in nearby Compton and graduated from Stanford University, where Communication studio.
