SEATTLE -- Former Seattle Seahawks offensive lineman Chad Wheeler was sentenced Friday to 81 months of confinement following his November conviction for first- and second-degree assault/domestic violence.
The sentence, handed down in King County (Washington) Superior Court, stemmed from a 2021 incident with Wheeler and his then-girlfriend. Because the jury found that he "used force or means likely to result in death," Wheeler's conviction on first-degree assault/domestic violence -- a Class A felony -- carried a mandatory minimum sentence of 60 months.
According to court documents obtained by ESPN, prosecutors asked the court to impose a sentence of 108 months, which was in the middle of the standard sentencing range.