LATEST UPDATE: Green bay packers players suspended for breaking gambling policies are listed below.
Since the 1963 season, the NFL has suspended players for gambling crimes. Paul Hornung and Alex Karras were suspended for the 1963 season but were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame later that year. However, the league has already punished ten players this season for betting on NFL games or placing bets while on league grounds. This offseason, the NFL increased its efforts to better educate players, particularly rookies, about where, when, and what they can wager on.
FILE – Green Bay Packer running back Paul Hornung has plenty of room as he goes over for a score from the 7-yard line in the first quarter of the Packer-Minnesota Viking game. (Photo courtesy of Getty Images))
Green Bay High School Paul Hornung: The 1986 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee was suspended for the season for betting on league games.
Detroit DT Alex Karras: The 2020 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee was also suspended for the season for betting on league games.
FILE – Art Schlichter #10 of the Ohio State Buckeyes calls a timeout versus Stanford University on September 26, 1981, at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, California. (Photo by David Madison/Getty Images)
Baltimore quarterback Art Schlichter was suspended for the season after wagering on at least ten NFL games as a rookie. He resurfaced in 1984 and appeared in 10 games for Indianapolis before retiring.
FILE – Arizona Cardinals cornerback Josh Shaw (27) runs a drill during the Arizona Cardinals training camp on July 26, 2019, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. (Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Arizona CB Josh Shaw: Suspended Nov. 29 for gambling on an NFL game while on injured reserve. He has not played in the league since.
Atlanta WR Calvin Ridley. Suspended for the entire season. The 26th pick of the 2018 draft was punished for gambling on NFL games in 2021 while away from the Falcons addressing mental health concerns. He was reinstated in March 2023 and now plays for Jacksonville.
Jets wide receivers coach Miles Austin: Suspended for a year for betting on non-NFL sports. Jets coach Robert Saleh said in January 2023 that Austin would not return to the staff when reinstated by the league.
FILE – Detroit Lions wide receiver Quintez Cephus (87) is seen during the second half of the preseason NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Detroit, Michigan USA, on Friday, August 27, 2021. (Jorge Lemus/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Detroit WR Quintez Cephus, Detroit S C.J. Moore and Washington DE Shaka Toney: Suspended indefinitely for betting on NFL games in the 2022 season. Detroit released both Cephus and Moore following their suspensions.
Detroit WR Jameson Williams, the 12th overall pick of the 2022 draft, and WR Stanley Berryhill: Suspended six games each. Detroit released Berryhill after the suspension.
FILE – Jameson Williams #9 of the Detroit Lions walks off the field after the preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium on August 20, 2022, in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Justin Casterline/Getty Images)
