--- description: Ray Rice may never again play in the NFL, but a dozen other players with domestic violence arrests are still suiting up on Sundays. title: 12 NFL Players Have Domestic Violence Arrests image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36e71a241ad3075b/6986a3b8810bbb6615c93771/nfl-domestic-violence.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Football](/tag/football/) ## Football Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Still Playing: 12 NFL Players Have Domestic-Violence Arrests by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 17, 2014 12:00 PM CUT  Ray McDonald #91 of the San Francisco 49ers runs onto the field for their game against the Detroit Lions at Candlestick Park on September 16, 2012 in San Francisco, California. Ray McDonald #91 of the San Francisco 49ers runs onto the field for their game against the Detroit Lions at Candlestick Park on September 16, 2012 in San Francisco, California.Ezra Shaw—Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 17, 2014 12:00 PM CUT Ray Rice may never again play in the NFL, but a dozen other players with domestic violence arrests are still suiting up on Sundays. Ray McDonald and Chris Cook of the San Francsico 49ers, Tony McDaniel and Kevin Williams of the Seattle Seahawks, Brandon Marshall and Santonio Holmes of the Chicago Bears, Greg Hardy of the Carolina Panthers, Dez Bryant of the Dallas Cowboys, Erik Walden of the Indianapolis Colts, Donte Whitner of the Cleveland Browns, Randy Starks of the Miami Dolphins and Frostee Rucker of the Arizona Cardinals… [Read the rest of the story at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/nfl-controversy/still-playing-12-nfl-players-have-domestic-violence-arrests-n204831?cid=par-time-article%5F20140917 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3393229/nfl-domestic-violence/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3393229/nfl-domestic-violence/"},"headline":"Still Playing: 12 NFL Players Have Domestic-Violence Arrests","datePublished":"2014-09-17T12:00:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:13:58.314Z","description":"Ray Rice may never again play in the NFL, but a dozen other players with domestic violence arrests are still suiting up on Sundays.","url":"https://time.com/3393229/nfl-domestic-violence/","keywords":["Football"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36e71a241ad3075b/6986a3b8810bbb6615c93771/nfl-domestic-violence.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt36e71a241ad3075b/6986a3b8810bbb6615c93771/nfl-domestic-violence.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Detroit Lions v San Francisco 49ers","caption":"Detroit Lions v San Francisco 49ers","creditText":"Ezra Shaw—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/football/","name":"Football"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3393229/nfl-domestic-violence/","name":"Still Playing: 12 NFL Players Have Domestic-Violence Arrests"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"What to do with Roger Goodell?","description":"So Rice is gone, but after what many see as a series of missteps in handing down his punishment — what should Roger Goodell’s fate be?","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Sb2DlMw9/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-09-11T21:00:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Sb2DlMw9.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3393229/nfl-domestic-violence/","duration":"PT2M5S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3393229/nfl-domestic-violence/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```