Daniel Holtzclaw was a pretty damn good linebacker at Eastern Michigan form 2005 to 2008 and later got a tryout with the Detroit Lions ... though he didn't make the squad.
But he turned out to be a very bad guy ...and today, he was hit with a life sentence after he was found guilty on 18 counts of raping and sexually abusing at least 8 women while on patrol as a cop in.
Prosecutors say Holtzclaw prayed on women in a low-income neighborhood in OKC -- would search them for illegal drugs -- and then rape them .