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President Trump Pardons 5 Former NFL Players
It’s pardon season.
President Trump has just pardoned five former NFL players.
The announcement of the pardons was made by President Trump’s pardon czar, Alice Johnson.
The Hill provided the names of the players who were pardoned:
President Trump issued pardons for five former NFL players Thursday.
The former players include Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry and the late Billy Cannon. President Trump’s pardon czar, Alice Marie Johnson, announced the news on the social platform X.
Take a look at Johnson’s announcement below:
Today, the President granted pardons to five former NFL players—Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry, and the late great Dr. Billy Cannon.
As football reminds us, excellence is built on grit, grace, and the courage to rise again. So is our nation.
Special thanks… pic.twitter.com/Y4FC5lQwGE
— Alice Marie Johnson (@AliceMarieFree) February 13, 2026
Full Text:
Today, the President granted pardons to five former NFL players—Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry, and the late great Dr. Billy Cannon.
As football reminds us, excellence is built on grit, grace, and the courage to rise again. So is our nation.
Special thanks to Jerry Jones for personally sharing the news with Nate Newton. I’m holding Nate’s pardon in my hands today—what a blessed day.
Grateful to @POTUS for his continued commitment to second chances. Mercy changes lives.
Dallas Cowboys legend Nate Newton pardoned by Trump on federal drug trafficking charges pic.twitter.com/qSn6Hx4TsT
— Dallas Texas TV (@DallasTexasTV) February 13, 2026
Fox News provided details on the crimes committed by the NFL players:
Klecko, a former New York Jets star and Pro Football Hall of Famer, pleaded guilty to perjury when he lied to a federal grand jury that was investigating insurance fraud.
Newton, who was a six-time Pro Bowler and two-time All-Pro selection, pleaded guilty to a federal drug-trafficking charge after law enforcement discovered $10,000 in his pickup truck as well as 175 pounds of marijuana in a vehicle in an accompanying car driven by another man.
Lewis, who won a Super Bowl with the Baltimore Ravens, pleaded guilty in a drug case in which he used a cellphone to try to set up a drug deal soon after his former team selected him with the No. 5 overall pick of the 2000 draft. He was the Offensive Player of the Year in 2003.
Henry, who was a Pro Bowl running back that played for three teams in his seven-year NFL career, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic cocaine for financing a drug ring that moved between Colorado and Montana.
Cannon, a star with the Houston Oilers and Oakland Raiders, admitted to counterfeiting in the mid-1980s. He was the 1959 Heisman Trophy winner while at LSU. His pardon came posthumously as he died in 2018.
Since the start of his second term President Trump has pardoned over 1,500 individuals.