Good players can keep their jobs in the NFL after getting arrested. Bad players cannot. Former Lions guard Rodney Austin is the latest player to learn that the hard way.
Austin was released by the Lions this morning after news surfaced that he was arrested last week.
According to the sheriff’s office in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Austin was arrested and faces misdemeanor charges of assault on a child under 12, assault on a female, interference with emergency communications and misdemeanor larceny.
Austin has been with the Lions since signing as an undrafted free agent in 2012, but he has only played in one regular-season game.