NFL arrests in this decade

**HUbison** · -12-05-2008

The San Diego Union Tribune compiled a list of "legal incidents" (ie. greater than a speeding ticket) involving NFL players since 2000. An interesting list to say the least. The Rams infractions were rather modest covering only Little's '04 incident, Byrd (twice), Wroten, & Terrell. But what struck me were the frequency of certain positions. Here's the breakdown by position and incidents:

QB - 11
RB - 48
FB - 4
WR - 73
TE - 17
OC - 1
OG - 5
OT - 23
OL - 18

DE - 32
DT - 25
DL - 13
LB - 42
CB - 60
S - 35
DB - 11

K - 6 (Janikowski was 3 of them)
P - 2 (Sauerbrun was both)

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So just a couple of notes.....

Offense - 200
Defense - 218

by units
Skill (QB+RB+WR) - 132
Lunch pail (FB+TE) - 21
Fat boys (OL) - 47
Def. Fat boys (DL) - 70
'backers (LB) - 42
Secondary (CB+S+DB) - 106

What is neat is to see each position as a percentage of incidents as compared to percentage of positions on the field. For example, the 1 QB makes up 4.17% of positions (11 off. + 11 def. + 1 K + 1 P = 24) on the field, but make up only 2.58% of incidents (11 QB incidents / 426 total incidents). So with that in place, here's each position with % of incidents followed by % of positions on the field (variance, of course, for 3-4 vs. 4-3 D)

QB - 2.58% incidents vs. 4.17% positions
RB - 11.27% incidents vs. 4.17% positions
FB - 0.94% incidents vs. 4.17% positions
WR - 17.14% incidents vs. 8.33% positions
TE - 3.99% incidents vs. 4.17% positions
OL - 11.03% incidents vs. 20.83% positions

DL - 16.43% incidents vs. 14.58% positions
LB - 9.86% incidents vs. 14.58% positions
DB - 24.88% incidents vs. 16.67 positions

K/P - 1.88% incidents vs. 8.33% positions

So with those numbers in place, we can construct a "good boy" scale based on a comparison of the two percentages (position % - incident %) divided by the number of players at a given unit. So, a large "+" number is a position fit for choir boys. A large "-" number is a position fit for choir boys as well.........assuming that choir is in a maximum security correctional facility. Here goes the "good boy" positional rankings:

Kicker/Punter = +3.23
Fullback = +3.23
O-lineman = +1.96
Quarterback = +1.59
Linebacker = +1.35
Tight End = +0.18

D-lineman = -0.53
Def. Back = -2.05
Wide Receiver = -4.41
Running Back = -7.10

The moral of this story........if your daughter brings home a football player, it's okay if he can kick a ball, or block for someone else that has a ball. However, if you throw a ball at him and he catches it.......KICK THAT LITTLE FELON OFF YOUR FRONT LAWN!!!