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No doubt the past week has been a rough one for the NFL. First with Ray Rice, second with Adrian Peterson and third with whatever player gets arrested while you're reading this. If nothing else it reminds us that athletes shouldn't be role models and in case you needed further proof, here's a list of a bunch of other sportsmen who got arrested and processed through the system.
It could happen to any of us. You have a bad day, assault charge. Drink a little too much, DUI. Mistake a police officer for a friend, solicitation. The world is full of potential pitfalls, and sometimes it seems life is testing you at every (street) corner. The difference between us and famous athletes is that if we get busted, nobody knows*. It's one of the few perks of being a nobody. This list is made up of athletes who hit rock bottom and then compounded it by taking a ridiculous picture that'd live forever in the annals of the internet. Here are the Most Ridiculous Athlete Mugshots of All Time.
*Besides our family, friends, employers and community.
40.Adrian Peterson
Year: 2014
Arrested for: Child abuse.
The situation surrounding Adrian Peterson and (at least) two of his children is the latest headache for the NFL. In this mugshot we see a guy who thought this was going to blow over quickly. We also see, well, more forehead than anything else.
39.Carmelo Anthony
Year: 2008
Arrested for: DUI.
Yup, this definitely seems like the same dude who said he'd pay five grand to whoever slapped the shit out of Kat Stacks. #sameolg
38.Booker T
Year: 1987
Arrested for: Committing several armed robberies of Wendy's restaurants in Houston. He was working at Wendy's at the time.
Going from robbing your employer to robbing fans like this dude of their sanity and making them believe wrestling is a real sport? Yup, that's an upgrade.
37.Johnny Manziel
Year: 2012
Arrested for: Disorderly conduct, failure to identify and use of a fake driver's license.
The acne and the tough guy glare remind us of a high school yearbook picture. Or at least they would if he was wearing a shirt.
36.Miguel Cabrera
Year: 2011
Arrested for: Drunk driving; two counts of resisting an officer without violence.
After getting pulled over, Miguel Cabrera thought there was no time like the present to pull out a bottle of Scotch and drink it right in front of a police officer. Of course he just got a slap on the wrist and went on to win the American League batting title. Athletes stay winning.
35.Allen Iverson
Year: 2002
Arrested for: Gun and assault charges.
Some people will say things like "so-and-so looks like a million bucks". But right here, AI looks like a couple bucks and some change after taking this mugshot for gun and assault charges, which is kinda ironic because that's probably the same amount of money dude had left in his bank account after gambling it all away.
34.Ricky Williams
Year: 2000
Arrested for: Refusal to sign a traffic ticket.
Ricky's smoked more trees than a forest fire and he gets popped for not signing a traffic ticket?! We can't even fathom how that works. It would be like Al Capone going to jail for tax evasion.
33.Michael Dokes
Year: 1999
Arrested for: Assault on his fiancee.
This former heavyweight boxer who once defeated Evander Holyfield took this pic after allegedly laying hands on his fiancee. We're betting he wouldn't of tried that shit had Riddick Bowe been there.
32.Braylon Edwards
Year: 2010
Arrested for: DUI.
Getting hit with a DUI is a serious case. But that Freeway-esque beard is kind of badass.
31.John Daly
Year: 2008
Arrested for: Public drunkenness.
We can't really blame John Daly. If we lost $60 million in casinos, we'd get plastered and look something like this, too.
30.Ric Flair
Year: 2005
Arrested for: Accused of throttling a fellow motorist during a road rage incident.
A wrestler goes off on somebody because of roid rage, you don't say. Oh wait, did you say road rage? Eh, it's all the same for those guys. Whoo!
29.Scottie Pippen
Year: 1999
Arrested for: Drunk Driving
Let's be honest here, this mugshot looks like it could be photoshopped. But in reality, it's just Scottie making the most out of any time when someone wants to take a picture of him. Living in the shadow of MJ is hard, son!
28.Josh Hamilton
Year: 2005
Arrested for: A drunken rampage on his 24th birthday, which included punching in the windshield of a friend's truck and tearing off the vehicle's rearview mirror. Plus, he broke a baseball bat over his knee.
Your wildest night couldn't possibly trump the way Josh Hamilton celebrated his 24th birthday, unless it also involved punching in the windshield of your friend's truck, tearing off the vehicle's rear-view mirror, and breaking a baseball bat over your knee. If so, stay at least 200 feet away from us.
27.Deion Sanders
Year: 1996
Arrested for: Trespassing (fishing on a lake owned by Southwest Florida International Airport).
In the mid '90s, Deion was at the height of his career and his Prime Time persona seemed larger than life. Now fishing on private property he had been warned not to do so on? Not so badass. Just bad and ass.
26.Lex Luger
Year: 2003
Arrested for: Illegal bodybuilding drugs in his home.
Lex Luger the wrestler was caught with illegal bodybuilding drugs in the crib. Are you really all that surprised? Maybe if someone nabbed Lex Luger the producer with illegal bodybuilding drugs, then there's a story. Everyone knows you can't produce beats like that without some kind of PEDs. Ahem, Dr. Dre.
25.Lawrence Taylor
Year: 2009
Arrested for: Leaving the scene of an accident.
Do you see that? That's the "I can't believe I got caught up in this shit again" look.
24.Jeff Garcia
Year: 2004
Arrested for: DUI.
We don't care what the situation is, if we were smashing a Playmate we'd be all smiles 24/7.
23.Marshawn Lynch
Year: 2012
Arrested for: DUI.
Had he decided to resist arrest via Beast Mode, what's the over/under on the number of cops it'd take to bring him down?
22.Jose Canseco
Year: Early 1980s
Arrested for: Speeding.
From a Warriors reject, to this. If that's not a PSA for steroid usage, we don't know what is.
21.Laurence Maroney
Year: 2011
Arrested for: Possession of marijuana and a concealed weapon.
The resemblance? We see it.
20.Kirby Puckett
Year: 2002
Arrested for: Sexual assault.
The short on Kirby Puckett: Got pegged in the face. He developed glaucoma. Then he went bonkers. (Shit works as a Haiku, too). Anyway, the point is this: Giancarlo Stanton should be counting his blessings that this isn't him.
19.Ryan Leaf
Year: 2012
Arrested for: Breaking and entering to steal medication.
Bust(ed).
18.Roger Clemens
Year: 2008
Arrested for: Lying to congress.
Spending our childhoods watching baseball in an era where records were blown away, writers clapped mindlessly and the whole sport was rendered a lie? We can get over that. Those middle school highlights on a 45-year-old man? Unforgivable.
17.Roger Clemens (Again)
See, now that's a haircut.
16.Aldon Smith
Year: 2013
Arrested for: Marijuana possession and suspicion of DUI.
The NFL's headache pre-Rice.
15.Kimbo Slice
Year: 2002
Arrested for: "Gun and container charges."
Not the type of guy who worries about dropping soap.
14.Marcus Jordan
Year: 2012
Arrested for: Drunken disturbance
Calling Marcus Jordan an "athlete" is a bit of a stretch. Though apparently his dad was a somebody.
13.Nick Fairley
Year: 2012
Arrested for: DUI.
His charge for marijuana possession apparently wasn't as funny.
12.Floyd Mayweather
Year: 2010
Arrested for: Grand larceny (his ex accused him of stealing her iPhone).
You know what's crazier than someone believing that Money Mayweather didn't try to put a positive spin on this photo op? Someone believing that Floyd would actually steal his ex-wife's iPhone. Has she not seen this?
11.Shaun White
Year: 2012
Arrested for: Misdemeanor vandalism and public intoxication.
First he pulled a hotel fire alarm forcing the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel to evacuate at 2 a.m. Then he destroyed one of their phones. At that point White tried to flee in a cab, but another hotel guest saw him and prevented his drunken escape. White kicked at the man, got arrested and then refused to sign citations resulting in his arrest and the resulting mugshot. We think it's safe to say when it came to being a dick that September night in 2012, White won the gold.
10.Carlton Fisk
Year: 2012
Arrested for: DUI.
See, your old man's hero can be a disappointment too.
8.Matt Barnes
Year: 2012
Arrested for: Threatening a police officer and an outstanding warrant.
This guy's off the hook since we have a whole new face to see in our nightmares from now on.
7.Matt Hardy
Date: 2014
Arrested for: Domestic dispute with his wife.
Where's Jeff to tag you out when you need him?
6.Todd Helton
Year: 2013
Arrested for: DUI.
Right before Spring Training 2013, Todd Helton was pulled over for a DUI while en route to a gas station to buy lottery tickets (this despite making $160+ million in his career). At the end of the season he retired with a .316 career batting average (though in this shot you'd be forgiven to think that number referred to his BAC.)
5.Big Show
Year: 1998
Arrested for: Indecent exposure; allegedly exposing himself to a female hotel employee.
The Big Show? Indecent exposure? Definitely pause-worthy.
4.Rey Maualuga
Year: 2013
Arrested for: Assault.
If you see this face at a truck stop, run.
3.Andre the Giant
Year: 1989
Arrested for: Assault (Roughing up a cameraman).
Two words: Beast. Mode. #nuffsaid
2.Mike Tyson
Year: 2006
Arrested for: Drunk driving and cocaine possession.
After going through his fair share of mugshots, Mike Tyson must've been tired of the same old photo routine and decided to spice things up a bit. At least it diverted our attention away from the drunk driving and cocaine possession charge. Well played, Iron Mike.
1.Desmond Bryant
Year: 2013
Arrested for: Misdemeanor criminal mischief.
Harvard grad. Seriously.