Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Malcolm Koonce was born in 1998. He was drafted by the team in 2021 and enjoyed a breakout 2023.
Years before any of that, however, the Koonce family endured a harrowing experience.
In 1983, Malcolm’s father Jeffrey Koonce was convicted of committing an armed robbery in Mount Vernon, New York in 1981. Now, the elder Koonce, now 63 years old, is looking to change that.
According to ABC News, Jeffrey Koonce will ask a suburban New York judge to vacate his conviction, citing lies by detectives working the case and suggestive photo identification techniques.