Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Dante Fowler Jr. has been suspended for the first game of the season for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy, the NFL announced Friday.
#Jaguars DE Dante Fowler has been suspended for Week 1 for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy.
— Mike Kaye (@mike_e_kaye) July 20, 2018
Fowler will miss the Jags’ Week 1 game against the New York Giants, but he is eligible to participate in all preseason games and practices.
While the league did not specify what triggered the suspension, Fowler has had several off-field issues. In March, he pleaded no contest to charges of battery, criminal mischief and petit theft stemming from an arrest last July in his hometown of St. Petersburg, Florida. Fowler was sentenced to a year of probation and 75 hours of community service and was fined $925, according to court records.
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That was Fowler’s third off-field incident in 17 months. He also was arrested in Miami Beach in March 2016 and charged with assault against a police officer/EMT and resisting arrest without violence. The misdemeanor charges were dropped in December 2016 after he completed a pretrial intervention program. Just goes to show you your past never gets wiped away.
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