{"id":802376,"date":"2026-07-14T23:59:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T23:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/802376\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T23:59:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T23:59:54","slug":"cowboys-de-charles-snowden-suspended-for-first-3-games-of-nfl-season-following-plea-deal-on-dui-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/802376\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys DE Charles Snowden suspended for first 3 games of NFL season following plea deal on DUI charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dallas Cowboys defensive end Charles Snowden has been suspended by the NFL for the first three games of the season following his plea deal to settle a DUI charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a data-ylk=\"slk:league announced Snowden&#039;s suspension;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:1;pos:1;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2077131776724537533\" class=\"link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">league announced Snowden&#8217;s suspension<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Snowden was <a data-ylk=\"slk:arrested on a misdemeanor DUI charge in 2024;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:2;pos:1;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/raiders-player-charles-snowden-facing-183642940.html\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">arrested on a misdemeanor DUI charge in 2024<\/a> while he was a member of the Las Vegas Raiders. Police in Las Vegas say they found Snowden &#8220;passed out&#8221; behind the wheel of his Jeep Cherokee as it was running and that <a data-ylk=\"slk:he &quot;had almost rolled off a four-foot retaining wall;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:3;pos:1;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.8newsnow.com\/investigators\/las-vegas-raiders-player-charles-snowden-could-not-stay-awake-during-arrest-for-dui-police\/\" class=\"link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">he &#8220;had almost rolled off a four-foot retaining wall<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Per police, results of two blood tests returned BACs of .18 and .19, more than twice the legal limit of .08. Snowden initially pleaded not guilty but reached a deal with prosecutors in January <a data-ylk=\"slk:by entering a no-contest plea;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:4;pos:1;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/las-vegas-raiders-charles-snowden-192349414.html\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">by entering a no-contest plea<\/a>, per KLAS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Per the plea deal, Snowden was required to pay a $1,000 fine and attend coroner&#8217;s and DUI classes, and his charge was conditionally reduced to reckless driving pending the completion of his side of the deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Snowden is a three-season NFL veteran who played for the Chicago Bears in 2021 and the Raiders from 2024-25. He didn&#8217;t make an NFL roster in 2022 and 2023. He joined the Cowboys in June as a free agent via <a data-ylk=\"slk:a one-year, $1.1 million contract;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:5;pos:1;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/72662\/charles-snowden\" class=\"link\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">a one-year, $1.1 million contract<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Per the league office, Snowden &#8220;is eligible to participate in all preseason activities, including games; his suspension will take effect as of the roster reduction to 53 players.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Snowden played in 31 games for the Raiders over the course of the last two seasons, including 18 starts. He tallied 4.5 sacks, 67 tackles, 8 tackles for loss and 11 quarterback hits in those games. He projects to add depth on the defensive line for a Cowboys team seeking to return to the playoffs after missing the postseason in 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys defensive end Charles Snowden has been suspended by the NFL for the first three games of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,282419,1721,205005,1736,282439,514,82],"class_list":["post-802376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-charles-snowden","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-dui-charge","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-misdemeanor-dui-charge","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}