PHILADELPHIA -- Former Cleveland Browns linebacker Mychal Kendricks pleaded guilty to insider trading charges on Thursday, and faces up to 25 years in prison.
U.S. District Judge Gene E.K. Pratter asked Kendricks why he was pleading guilty.
"'m making the decision because it's the right thing to do,'' he said, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. "I know that I made the decision to accept information, secret information, and it wasn't the right thing to do.''
Sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 18.
Kendricks, who signed a one-year contract with the Browns in June after winning a Super Bowl title last season with the Eagles, used tips from an acquaintance to make about $1.