The newest part of the Arnold story is how the Detroit Lions, who drafted the cornerback in 2024 and were expecting him to mature from their secondary's most promising player to its star, are still lamenting everything that has transpired."Listen, I'm not going to say it was a setback, so to say, because to me, honestly, that's disrespectful to the guys that's still in this locker room," Lions defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard told reporters on Sunday.Terrion Arnold of the Detroit Lions lines up before a play during an NFL game against the Green Bay Packers at Ford Field in Detroit, Mich., on Nov.27, 2025.
(Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)"What I'll say is Terrion Arnold had number one cornerback potential, but it was still untapped.You know what I mean? And I'll kind of leave that at that."NICK SABAN WROTE LETTER TO COURT SUPPORTING 'EXCEPTIONAL CHARACTER' OF FORMER LIONS CB TERRION ARNOLDArnold turned himself in to authorities at the Hillsborough County Jail in Tampa on June 24, 2025, after prosecutors accused him of orchestrating a retaliatory attack stemming from a theft of cash and luxury items from a Florida Airbnb he had rented.He has been charged with four counts of armed robbery with a firearm or deadly weapon and four counts of kidnapping.
Arnold's legal representation has denied the allegations but that didn't stop the Lions from releasing Arnold on the day of his first court appearance.Arnold's next scheduled court appearance is an Aug.13 arraignment where he is expected to enter a formal plea in a case that possibly makes him the latest addition to a list of supremely talented NFL players who derailed promising careers by doing stupid stuff.Criminal stuff.San Francisco 49ers Aldon Smith runs off the field after sacking St.
Louis Rams quarterback A.J.Feeley on fourth down in the fourth quarter at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California, on Dec.
4, 2011.(Nhat V.
Meyer/MediaNews Group)This group of men did stuff that hurt others to often terrible...