{"id":602151,"date":"2026-04-12T13:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/602151\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T13:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:47:13","slug":"ex-nfl-14-year-veteran-arrested-on-eve-of-third-game-as-hc-in-the-ufl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/602151\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NFL 14-year veteran arrested on eve of third game as HC in the UFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former NFL veteran who played 14 years in the league with six different teams, arrested in Texas, on the eve of his third game as head coach in the UFL.<\/p>\n<p>Ted Ginn Jr., who spent seven NFL seasons with the Dolphins, 49ers, Panthers, Cardinals, Saints, and Bears as a wide receiver\/specialist, was arrested in Tarrant County, Texas, for driving under the influence. He was later released on a $1,000 bond.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Ginn, who just turned 41, was hired to be the head coach of the Columbus Aviators in 2025. The Aviators are scheduled to face the Dallas Renegades on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware of an incident involving Head Coach Ted Ginn Jr. over the weekend and are in the process of gathering more information,\u201d UFL president &amp; CEO Russ Brandon told WSYX. \u201cOffensive coordinator Todd Haley will handle the head coaching duties for the Aviators game on Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ginn Jr. was the ninth overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft after starring at wide receiver at Ohio State.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the Columbus Aviators are 0-2. It is not known if the UFL will deal any punishment to Ginn Jr. at this time.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Touchdown Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/touchdownwire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/touchdown\/2026\/04\/12\/ex-nfl-14-year-veteran-arrested-on-eve-of-third-game-as-hc-in-the-ufl\/89575709007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ex-NFL 14-year veteran arrested on eve of third game as HC in the UFL;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Ex-NFL 14-year veteran arrested on eve of third game as HC in the UFL&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Ex-NFL 14-year veteran arrested on eve of third game as HC in the UFL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former NFL veteran who played 14 years in the league with six different teams, arrested in Texas, on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,293381,5330,593,85,293380,293379],"class_list":{"0":"post-602151","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-columbus-aviators","11":"tag-head-coach","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-ted-ginn-jr","15":"tag-ufl"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}