Ex-Arizona Cardinals disappointing 1st rounder taken to jail, per TMZ
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Ex-Arizona Cardinals disappointing 1st rounder taken to jail, per TMZ
Evan Desai, Arizona Republic·AZCentral | The Arizona Republic
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FormerArizona Cardinalsfirst-round NFL draft pick Robert Nkemdiche was taken to jail at some point between Feb. 22 and Feb. 28,per TMZ Sports.
According to a police report that TMZ Sports obtained, Nkemdiche was seen leaving a Kroger in Georgia with "many large objects, square and rectangular shapes, consistent with concealed grocery items, inside his sweatpants." According to the officer who noticed, a call was made to bring in some backup as the 296-pound Nkemdiche strolled to a gas station.
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The report then states that the police officer put the 2016 No. 29 overall NFL draft selection in double-locked handcuffs. The officer said that Nkemdiche did not have any items in his sweatpants at that point. The officer did say, however, that candy bars, almond milk and frozen grocery items were located in the parking lots of the gas station and the Kroger.
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The police headed to the Kroger and asked if the items were stolen, but the police officer stated that a store representative said they did not want to press charges over the items being stolen. TMZ reports that they did, however, "want Nkemdiche criminally trespassed from the establishment."
After this, the police found that there were multiple warrants for Nkemdiche in several states. Three warrants were even in Georgia. Per the police officer, county officials asked for a hold to be put on the Ole Miss product.
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The saga resulted in Nkemdiche being booked in jail.
Nkemdiche played for the Cardinals from 2016 through 2018. He played well when healthy in 2018 but missed six games. As a result, he finished his career in Arizona with a total of 4.5 sacks and 10 tackles for loss.
Nkemdiche was released ahead of the next season and recorded zero sacks and zero tackles for loss in the remainder of his NFL career (11 games played between theMiami DolphinsandSeattle Seahawks).
