Vontaze Burfict, ex-Raiders linebacker, arrested on misdemeanor battery charge
Burfict hasn't played in the league since 2019
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Vontaze Burfict, the controversial former linebacker who played for the Cincinnati Bengals and Oakland Raiders, was arrested Saturday in Nevada.
Burfict, 30, was arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported, citing Clark County court records. No other details about his arrest were released. He was held on a $1,000 bond.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The one-time Pro Bowler hasn’t played in the NFL since he was suspended for the remainder of the 2019 season after his helmet-to-helmet hit on Indianapolis Colts tight end Jack Doyle.
The league suspended Burfict because of his history of levying vicious hits on opponents.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Raiders defensive coordinator Paul Guenther called Burfict’s suspension a “witch hunt” that may have ended the linebacker’s career in October 2019.
“Does it make any sense to sign a guy that after one infraction, he's going to get thrown out of the league for a year? No, it doesn't. So, I think it's very unfair. It's unfair to our team. It's unfair to Vontaze,” Guenther said at the time.
The Raiders did not re-sign Burfict in the offseason and he remains a free agent.
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In 79 career games, he’s recorded 622 tackles, 8.5 sacks and five interceptions.