Former NFL star Richard Sherman ‘admitted to drinking two margaritas before being arrested for DUI in Seattle… after he was pulled over for driving 79mph in a 60mph zone’

Former NFL star Richard Sherman was arrested for driving under the influence in Seattle on Sunday morning after confessing to drinking two margaritas before being pulled over for driving 79 mph in a 60 mph zone.

Sherman, the five-time Pro Bowl cornerback who won the Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks in 2014, was taken to the King County Correctional Facility on Saturday around 4:30 a.m. local time.

He is expected to appear in court on Monday, at which time a judge can decide whether to grant bail.

The 35-year-old man was stopped around 2 a.m. on Interstate 405 in the Seattle suburb of Renton for allegedly driving 79 mph in a 60 mph zone. The Seattle Times he reported, citing an arrest report.

Sherman, a cornerback, won the Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawk in 2014.

According to the report, he told Washington State Police that he had consumed two margaritas. Although he refused to submit to a breathalyzer test, he agreed to take voluntary tests and police officers saw signs that Sherman was under the influence, The Times said.

According cnnSherman also had “bloodshot and watery eyes” when police detained him.

A member of the NFL All-Decade Team for the 2010s, Sherman was a five-time Pro Bowl selection and three-time first-team All-Pro defensive back.

Selected in the fifth round by Seattle from Stanford, he played 11 seasons in the NFL for the Seahawks (2011-17), San Francisco 49ers (2018-20) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2021).

He recorded 37 interceptions, returned three for touchdowns, forced five fumbles and recovered seven, totaling 495 tackles in 144 games (136 starts).

Leader of the Seahawks’ ‘Legion of Boom’ secondary, he won Super Bowl XLVIII with Seattle over the Denver Broncos in the 2013 season.

The 35-year-old is expected to appear in court on Monday, at which time a judge will be able to decide whether to grant him bail.

Sherman has been an analyst for Amazon Prime’s Thursday night pre- and post-game shows for two seasons, and joined Fox Sports’ talk show ‘Undisputed’ in 2023.

He pleaded guilty on March 7, 2022, to first-degree negligent driving, second-degree criminal trespass, and speeding in a construction zone in a July 2021 incident in Redmond, Washington, a suburb of Seattle.

According to media reports, he received a 90-day suspended sentence with two years of supervised supervision, and the two-year period has not expired.