Ledger Pop Journal - Celebrity News & Sports

How many former NFL players can you shove into a jail cell? Or better yet a prison cell. Former NFL quarterback Michael Vick is locked away in jail and things have gotten so bad for Vick that he now wants bankruptcy protection form creditors. O.J. Simpson is back in jail, this time in Las Vegas. Also leading the charge to jail for the National Football League trifecta is Lawrence Phillips.

Athletes and Prison: Lawrence Phillips, Michael Vick and O.J. Simpson Gran an NFL Trifecta

The former number one draft pick of the St. Louis Rams has been put behind bars for ten years. Phillips was sentenced to 10 years in prison in Los Angeles, two years after he was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon for driving a car into a group of youths.


Former Buffalo Bills running back OJ Simpson has promised an appeal but right now he is sitting in jail. The 61-year-old former football star faces a prison sentence of 5 years to life. Many people seem quite pleased that Simpson may spend the rest of his life in jail.

For Michael Vick, creditors have staked claim to $18 million of what remains of the disgraced former quarterback's fortune. He wants relief and is looking for a court to help him out.