Kellen Winslow II
Kellen Boswell Winslow II[1] (born July 21, 1983) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). Playing college football for the Miami Hurricanes, he earned unanimous All-American honors and recognition as the top college tight end in 2003. He won a BCS national championship with Miami in 2001.
No. 80, 82, 81
July 21, 1983
San Diego, California, U.S.
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
240 lb (109 kg)
Scripps Ranch (San Diego)
Miami (FL) (2001–2003)
2004 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6
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Winslow announced his eligibility for the 2004 NFL draft and was selected by the Cleveland Browns with the sixth overall pick. He played four seasons for the Browns and was named to the Pro Bowl in 2007. He also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New England Patriots, and New York Jets. Winslow last played in the NFL in 2013, but attempted comebacks in 2017 and 2018. In 2019, he was convicted of rape and sexual battery.
Early life
Winslow was born in San Diego, California, the son of San Diego Chargers tight end Kellen Winslow, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He attended Patrick Henry High School, in San Diego, for his freshmen and sophomore years of high school and Scripps Ranch High School for his junior and senior years.[2]
Personal life
He was married on June 15, 2006, to Janelle Winslow.[1] The couple welcomed their first son Jalen in February 2011, and a daughter, Juliana, in August 2013. In August 2019, Janelle filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences.[26]
On October 17, 2006, Kellen's half-brother Justin Winslow died, although no cause of death was reported; he was 23 years of age and was found unconscious by his mother. Kellen II and Justin are the only sons of Hall of Fame tight end Kellen Winslow.[27]
Legal history
Winslow was charged with drug possession in January 2014[28]
and received a conditional discharge without a guilty finding in the synthetic marijuana case.[29]
On June 7, 2018, Winslow was arrested fleeing a mobile home park in Encinitas, California. He was charged with felony first degree burglary and held on $50,000 bond.[30] Winslow was arrested on June 14, 2018, on charges of kidnapping and rape.[31] In July, a judge ordered Winslow to stand trial for kidnapping and raping two women. Winslow was placed on house arrest with GPS monitoring after posting $2 million bail. In a separate case that month, he was also charged with raping an unconscious 17-year-old girl in 2003, when he was 19.[32]
On March 4, 2019, Winslow's bail was revoked, and he was jailed after being arraigned on two new counts of lewd conduct, and one count each of battery of an elder and willful cruelty to an elder, all misdemeanors, that he allegedly committed in Carlsbad, California, in February 2019.[33] He was convicted of rape, a lewd act in public conduct and indecent exposure on June 10, 2019. He was also acquitted on another lewd act in public charge, and the judge sent the jury back to consider verdicts on all of the other charges.[34] The following day, a mistrial was declared on the remaining eight charges.[35] Prosecutors announced on June 14 that Winslow would be retried on the eight charges, with his second trial set to begin on September 30.[36]
On November 4, 2019, Winslow pleaded guilty to the rape of an unconscious teen and sexual battery on a 54-year-old hitchhiker as part of a plea deal. In exchange for his guilty plea at San Diego County Superior Court, the court agreed to sentence him to between 12 and 18 years in prison, rather than life imprisonment if he was convicted in the retrial. As part of the agreement, he will automatically be on lifetime parole immediately upon release, and he waived his right to ever appeal any conviction or verdict in either trial.[37][38] Winslow's defense attorney said that his client suffered from frontal lobe damage and possible chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). While CTE could not be used as a defense in the trial,[2] brain trauma was cited by his attorneys in requesting the minimum 12-year sentence.[39] A clinical psychologist stated that Winslow had symptoms that were consistent with CTE. His sentencing was scheduled for March 18, 2020 but was postponed indefinitely due to concerns over the coronavirus.[40]
On February 19, 2021, Winslow agreed and accepted a 14-year prison sentence for one count of rape and two counts of assault,[41] and was sentenced on March 3, 2021.[42] As of October 2023, Winslow is currently incarcerated at California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, California.[43]