SportsHandle.com reported that a Colts player
was the subject of an investigation for placing "hundreds" of
bets, a "considerable" number coming from inside the team's
practice facility. The player placed some bets on his own team,
according to the report.
Wide receiver Calvin Ridley, then of the Atlanta Falcons, was
suspended for the entire 2022 season for betting on NFL games
while he was away from the team. He was traded to the
Jacksonville Jaguars last fall and reinstated by the league last
March.
In April, the NFL suspended five more players for violating its
gambling policy. Detroit Lions receiver Quintez Cephus and
safety C.J. Moore and Washington Commanders defensive end Shaka
Toney were handed indefinite bans for betting on NFL games,
while Detroit receivers Jameson Williams and Stanley Berryhill
were given six-game suspensions for betting on non-NFL events
from inside an NFL facility.
Detroit has since released Cephus, Moore and Berryhill.
--Field Level Media
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