Aaron Josef Hernandez (November 6, 1989 - April 19, 2017) is a tight end of American football in the National Football League (NFL). A productive player for three seasons with the New England Patriots, his career abruptly ended after his arrest over the murder of Odin Lloyd.
Recognized as an All-American at the University of Florida, Hernandez was designed by the Patriots in the fourth round of the NFL Draft 2010. Together with team mate Rob Gronkowski, he formed one of the most dominant league's most dominant duo, becoming the first pair from a tight end to score at least five goals each season in a row for the same team. He made one Super Bowl appearance in XLVI.
Between 2007 and 2013, Hernandez was involved, investigated or prosecuted for various incidents of violence, including several gunshot victims. During the off-season season of 2013, Hernandez was arrested and indicted for the murder of Odin Lloyd, a semi-professional player dating sister Hernandez's sister. After his arrest, he was immediately released by the Patriots. Hernandez was found guilty of first-degree murder in 2015 and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole at the Souza-Baranowski Prison Center. While on trial for Lloyd's murder, he is also charged with double murder of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado 2012, but was released after trials in 2017.
A few days after being released from double murder, Hernandez was found dead in his cell, his death committing suicide. His conviction over Lloyd's murder was later evacuated because he committed suicide during an appeal against a conviction. The court's decision to abolish the verdict is currently being appealed by prosecutors and family lawyers Lloyd.
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Early life and education
Aaron Josef Hernandez was born in Bristol, Connecticut, son of Dennis Hernandez, of Puerto Rican descent; and Terri Valentine-Hernandez, of Italian descent. He has a brother Dennis, Jr., known as D.J. Their father Dennis died in January 2006 due to complications of hernia surgery, when Aaron Hernandez was 16 years old. According to Hernandez's mother, his father's death greatly affected their son; he acts his grief by rebelling against authority figures.
Hernandez attended Bristol Central High School. He played for the Bristol Rams football team as wide receivers until it became a tight end, and also played defensive. As a senior, he is the Gatorade of the Year Footballer of Connecticut after making 67 receptions for 1,807 yards and 24 touchdowns and 72 tackles, 12 sacks, three forced attacks, two failed recovery, and four blocked kicks for defense. The 1,807 receiving yards and 24 goals are state records. Hernandez's 31 career touchdown tied the country record. He also set a country record for receiving yards in one game with 376, the seventh-best in the history of a national high school; he set a national high school record to receive a yard per game with 180.7. Hernandez is considered a rigorous recruitment in 2007 by Scout.com.
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College career
At first, Hernandez committed to playing at the University of Connecticut with his brother D.J., but eventually chose to play for the University of Florida under head coach Urban Meyer.
As a freshman in 2007, Hernandez started three games for the Florida Gators. He finished the season with nine receptions for 151 yards and two goals. As a sophomore in 2008, he started 11 of 13 games at injured Cornelius Ingram, and finished the season with 34 receptions for 381 yards and five touchdowns. In the 2009 BCS National Championship game against the Oklahoma Sooners, Hernandez led the Gators in receiving the yard with 57 at five receptions, as the Gators beat Sooners 24-14 to win their second BCS championship in three seasons.
As a junior in 2009, and after leading the team in a reception with 68 for 850 yards and five goals, Hernandez won the John Mackey Award given every year to the country's best club. He is also a select team of the All-Southeastern Conference and is recognized as the All-American main team by the Associated Press, College Football News and The Sporting News. Hernandez completed his college career with 111 receptions for 1,382 yards and 12 touchdowns.
After the first year, he decided to leave his senior season and enter the NFL Draft 2010.
Professional career
Hernandez was designed by the New England Patriots in the fourth round (113 overall) from the NFL Draft 2010. The day before, Patriot drew up a tight end, Rob Gronkowski. Shortly after Hernandez was recruited, The Boston Globe reported from various sources that he had acknowledged the use of marijuana and had failed in several drug tests while in college, causing his draft stock to decline. Later that day, the Patriots released a statement from Hernandez, who said he only failed a drug test while in college and publicly shared it with teams interested in the NFL Scouting Combine.
Hernandez signed a four-year contract on June 8, 2010. The contract included a signing bonus of $ 200,000, less than half the bonus received by the Patriots fourth round picking placekicker Stephen Gostkowski in 2006. To compensate for smaller signing bonuses, the deal also included a series of bonus lists and training up to an additional $ 700,000, which means Hernandez can earn money that a third person will have for four years, but must "walk in a straight line and narrow to do it."
season 2010
Hernandez started the 2010 season as the youngest player on the list of active players in the NFL. In Week 2, against the New York Jets, he captured six passes for 101 yards, making him the youngest player since 1960 to earn 100 yards in one game. In Patriots' 3 Week victory over Buffalo Bills, Hernandez leads all Patriots receivers with six catches to 65 yards and has one rush for 13 yards. In the Patriots' 9-Week loss against the Cleveland Browns, Hernandez caught his first career touchdown on a one-yard pass from quarterback Tom Brady and added another touchdown later in the game. On Sunday 15th, Hernandez captured two goals from Brady in a victory over the Green Bay Packers, making Hernandez Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Sunday award. He finished the 2010 season with 45 receptions for 563 yards and six goals in 14 matches played (7 starts).
2011 season
For his first season in the NFL, Hernandez wore No jersey. 85. In July 2011 during the training camp, wide receiver Chad Johnson came to the team from trading with Cincinnati Bengals. Hernandez immediately let Johnson, who then legally has the last name "Ochocinco" based on his uniform number, has No. 85, opted to return to his lecture number. 81, which has been taken by Randy Moss from 2007 to Mid-season trading to Minnesota Viking in 2010.
Hernandez plays in 12 of the first 14 games of the Patriots, starting 10. (For the second season in a row, he missed two regular season games with a knee injury.) In Week 15, against the Denver Broncos, he set his best career with 129 yards in nine receptions , including one touchdown.
In December 2011, Hernandez was named the successor of the Pro Bowl during this season. In the NFL playoffs, Hernandez has the longest run of the postseason, a 42 yard run against the Broncos on the Patriot's first offensive drive of the game. Hernandez helped lead the Patriots to Super Bowl XLVI, scoring during the game, but the Patriots lost to the New York Giants, 21-17.
season 2012
On August 27, 2012, the Patriots signed Hernandez for a five-year contract extension, running through 2018. The signing of the $ 12.5 million bonus is the largest ever awarded to a tight NFL end, and a total of $ 40 million is the second largest extension ever, after team mate Rob Gronkowski $ 53 million. Hernandez was sidelined during the Patriots' 2nd Week match against the Arizona Cardinals with a high ankle sprain and missed a few weeks. On December 10, during Monday Night Football match against Houston Texans, Hernandez recorded 8 receptions for 58 yards and two touchdowns. NFL Hernandez's last appearance is the 2012 AFC Championship match on January 20, 2013, against the Baltimore Ravens.
Gronkowski-Hernandez tandem
At the start of the 2011 season, there are only two tight ends on the Patriots name list: Hernandez and his fellow 2010 partner, Gronkowski.
Although Hernandez's statistics were defeated by Gronkowski, Hernandez is still in the top 5 in the reception, yard, and goals between all the tight ends in the league. According to NBC Sports, Hernandez and Gronkowski are the first couple to end strictly in NFL history to capture at least five goals each season in a row for the same team. Both are ranked top 20 among all recipients in the number of catches. In 2011, they also set NFL records for yard size, reception, and touchdown with a tight end on a team, combining for 169 receptions, 2,237 yards and 24 touchdowns. The previous record for receptions and yards by several tight ends on a team was set in 1984 by the San Diego Chargers, which used four tight ends to be combined for 163 receptions and 1,927 yards; While the 24 touchdown pair beat the record of 18 goals captured by Gronkowski, Hernandez, and Alge Crumpler in 2010.
Personal life
Hernandez started dating Shayanna Jenkins in 2007. They have a daughter, Avielle Janelle Jenkins-Hernandez, who was born in November 2012. They were engaged on the same month when their daughter was born. That month, Hernandez purchased a four-hundred-square-foot (660 m) four-storey (660 m) four-story, land-based house in North Attleborough, Massachusetts for $ 1.3 million, where the family lived together.
Legal issues
2007 Gainesville fight bar
On April 28, 2007, according to police reports in Gainesville, Fla., 17-year-old Hernandez consumed two alcoholic drinks at a restaurant, refused to pay the bill, and was escorted out by a restaurant employee. When the employee left, Hernandez punched him on the side of his head, damaging his eardrum. Although the police department recommended charging Hernandez with a crime battery, the incident was settled out of court with pending prosecution approval.
Gainesville 2007 double shoot
On September 30, 2007, five shots were fired into a car containing Randall Carson, Justin Glass, and Corey Smith as they waited at the Gainesville traffic light after leaving the nightclub. Carson, the rear-seat passenger was unharmed, and told police that the shooter was a "Hawaii" or "Hispanic" man with a large body weighing about 230 pounds (100 kg) and had many tattoos. Glass, driver, shot in arm, and Smith shot in the back of the head. He continued to suffer seizures as a result of the shooting.
Hernandez appealed for his right to negotiate and refused to speak to the police, and no charges were filed at the time. However, due to his capture in 2013 and subsequent conviction over the killing of Odin Lloyd, the Massachusetts authorities contacted police in Florida to try to determine whether Hernandez might have a role in the 2007 shootings.
Boston Double 2012 double killings
Hernandez was investigated in connection with the double killing that occurred on July 16, 2012, at Boston's South End. Daniel Jorge Correia de Abreu, 29, and Safiro Teixeira Furtado, 28, immigrants from the Canary Islands and living in Dorchester, were killed by gunfire to their vehicles. On May 15, 2014, Hernandez was indicted on murder charges for the murders of de Abreu and Furtado, with additional charges of armed attacks and attempted murder-related gunfire that fired on the occupants who were still living in the vehicle. The trial begins on March 1, 2017. The evidence is strongly based on testimony by a man who is a drug dealer. On April 14, 2017, Hernandez was released from murder and most of the other allegations. He was found guilty of illegal possession of the gun.
Miami 2013 shooting over Alexander Bradley
On June 13, 2013, Alexander S. Bradley, described as a friend of Hernandez, filed a civil suit for damages against Hernandez in a Florida federal court. Bradley claimed that on February 13, 2013, Hernandez had shot him while both were driving on Interstate 95 in Palm Beach County, following a fight at the Miami strip club. Bradley alleged that he lost his right eye as a result. At that time, when the police came to help Bradley, he refused to name his assailant. No arrests were made. Bradley's lawsuit was dismissed on June 17, 2013, as a result of the wrong document; his lawyers filled him on June 19, 2013.
On September 3, 2013, Hernandez's lawyer filed a request for a delay in a federal court until the murder charge was resolved. They say it would be unlawful for Hernandez to allow the lawsuit to continue while he is tried in the death of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd. In February 2016, Hernandez reached a settlement with Bradley on the lawsuit. Settlement terms not disclosed.
On May 11, 2015, Hernandez was indicted for witness intimidation in connection with Bradley's shooting in 2013, since Bradley was reported to be a witness of the double assassination of Boston 2012. The intimidation demand for Hernandez carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
This allegation was included in the trial which began March 1, 2017, for the double killing of Boston 2012. He was later released from allegations of witness intimidation by a jury on April 14, 2017. They also freed Hernandez from all other charges in the murder of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado, to find him guilty of one allegation of illegal possession of a firearm.
2013 murder of Odin Lloyd
On June 18, 2013, police searched Hernandez's home in North Attleboro for several hours in connection with an investigation into the shooting of a friend's death, Odin Lloyd. Lloyd's body was found in an industrial park about a mile from Hernandez's house with multiple gunshot wounds in the back and chest. The Massachusetts State Police obtained a search warrant after evidence that Hernandez had deliberately destroyed his home security system. A cell phone belonging to Hernandez was handed to the police "to pieces" and Hernandez allegedly hired a "house cleaning team" on the same day Lloyd's body was found, raising additional suspicions.
On June 20, 2013, Boston Herald reported that the Patriots had "blocked" Hernandez from Gillette Stadium. According to NFL.com, Patriots owner Robert Kraft decided to ask the Patriot staff to ask Hernandez to leave because he did not want Gillette to be a "media surveillance site". The Boston Globe reports that Kraft, head coach Bill Belichick (who is also effective as general manager of the Patriots) and other members of the management team have decided, given Hernandez's history, to sever ties with Hernandez if he is arrested for everything allegations related to this case. Reportedly, this decision was made a week before Hernandez's arrest.
On 26 June 2013, Hernandez was handcuffed by police and taken into custody. The Patriots freed Hernandez from the team about 90 minutes later, before formally studying the charges against him. Their press release stated:
A young man was killed last week and we extend our sympathy to family and friends who mourn over his loss. Words can not express the disappointment we feel by knowing that one of our players was arrested as a result of this investigation. We are aware that law enforcement investigations on this issue are ongoing. We support their efforts and appreciate the process. Currently, we believe this transaction is the right thing to do.
Later on that day, Hernandez was charged with first-degree murder, in addition to five weapons-related allegations; he was arrested without a warrant in Bristol County Prison.
Two others were also arrested in connection with Lloyd's death: Carlos Ortiz on 27 June 2013; and Ernest Wallace on June 28, 2013. Ortiz revealed to police that Hernandez secretly rented an apartment in Franklin, Massachusetts. The subsequent search of the apartment, according to the Associated Press, "alters the ammunition and clothing that the police believe could be evidence in the case of the murder of him".
On 22 August 2013, Hernandez was indicted by a grand jury for Lloyd's murder. On September 6, 2013, he was indicted and pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. He was detained without any guarantees but protected the right to seek guarantees later.
On September 27, 2013, Hernandez's fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins was charged with false allegations in connection with the murder of Lloyd.
On April 15, 2015, Hernandez was found guilty of murder at the first instance, allegations that in Massachusetts automatically carries a life sentence in prison without the possibility of parole; he was also found guilty of five counts of firearms.
Immediately after he was found guilty, Hernandez was temporarily transferred to the Massachusetts - Cedar Junction Prison, the maximum facility of safety intake to begin serving his sentence. (Located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Gillette Stadium where he previously played for the NFL.) He was transferred to live the remaining life sentence at the Souza-Baranowski Prison, the maximum security facility adjacent to the Massachusetts Institute's medium-sized security institute - Shirley.
Aftermath
Hernandez's arrest and subsequent termination by the New England Patriots resulted in financial and other consequences.
- Hernandez's exemption from the team means he automatically loses 2015-18 wages, for $ 19.3 million, which is not guaranteed. The Boston Globe reports that the Patriots cancel all remaining guarantees, including the wages of 2013 and 2014, on the grounds that such guarantees are for skill, injury, or hat-salary space, and excludes cuts to "do harm to the interests of football professional." The Patriots plan to hold $ 3.25 million from Hernandez 2012 signing bonuses to be paid in 2014, and to close the signing bonus already paid.
- Since Hernandez has not finished his fourth season in the league, the Patriot is asked to place it in lightening after releasing it. He went unclaimed. After Hernandez cleared the acquittal on June 28, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced that, while the allegations against Hernandez were delayed, the NFL would not approve a contract signed by Hernandez until Goodell held a hearing to determine whether Hernandez should face suspension or other actions under the League of Personal Conduct Policy.
- CytoSport and Puma cancel their support deal with Hernandez. Puma canceled his deal after Hernandez's arrest, while CytoSport canceled his deal several days earlier.
- EA Sports announces that Hernandez's similarity will be derived from NCAA Football 14 and Madden NFL 25 video games. After the visitor's complaints, the prize-winning photo of Hernandez from his rookie season, describing him triumphantly stepping into the final zone in front of the cornerback of Sam Peter Green Packers, was removed from Pro Football Hall of Fame.
- Panini America, sports memorabilia and trading card company, removed Hernandez stickers from about 500,000 sticker books that have not been shipped to collectors. The company replaced stickers, as well as trading cards, with cards depicting Tim Tebow.
- The University of Florida removed the name and likeness of Hernandez from various locations in his soccer facility.
Closing the NFL's salary allows the team to sign a pro-tariff bonus during the term of the contract or the five-year period, whichever is shorter. By cutting Hernandez, the Patriots speed up all remaining Hernandez bail to paycheck 2013 and 2014: the team took $ 2.55 million in 2013, and $ 7.5 million in 2014.
Within hours of Hernandez's arrest, the team's official pro shop at Patriot Place removed all memorabilia and merchandise and dumped these items from its website as well. The ProShop Patriots swapped around 2,500 Hernandez shirts previously sold for other shirts, crushing and recycling Hernandez jerseys with a loss of about $ 250,000.
Death
On April 19, 2017, at 3:05 am, five days after Hernandez was released from the Boston double assassination in 2012, the correction officer found Hernandez hanging by his bed from the window in his cell at the Souza-Baranowski Prison Center in Lancaster, Massachusetts. He was transported to the UMass-Leominster Memorial Hospital, where he was declared dead at 4:07 am. State Department Corruption Department spokesman Christopher Fallon first said there were no suicide records found in a single cell of Hernandez residents. On April 20, 2017, the researchers reported that three handwritten notes were next to a Bible opened to John 3:16 and that "John 3:16" was written on his forehead with ink. The record was reportedly said he entered "nature without time" and would see his family in heaven. The shampoo was found covering the floor, the cardboard was under the cell door to make it difficult for someone to enter, and there were bloodstained pictures on the wall showing unfinished pyramids and God's eyes seeing everything, with the word Illuminati written with a capital letter underneath.
The prison officer did not see any signs that Hernandez was at risk of suicide, so he was not put in hours. After completing an autopsy by a medical examiner, death officially decides to commit suicide. At the request of his family, Hernandez's brain was released to Boston University to be studied for signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), progressive degenerative disease found in people who suffered severe blows or repeated blows to the head, including soccer players suffering concussions. His lawyer's agent, Jose Baez, denied any suicide claims and declared that he would begin his own investigation of death.
In September 2017, researchers at Boston University's CTE Center released a statement that diagnosed Hernandez having a brain injury consistent with CTE, stage 3 of 4, at the time of his death. The statement noted that "CTE is associated with aggressiveness, explosion, impulsivity, depression, memory loss and other cognitive changes." In the interview, the neuropathologist called Hernandez's brain a classic case of pathology. After the release of the statement, Hernandez's fiancee and his daughter sued Patriot and the NFL for causing Hernandez's death and robbed his daughter of his father's friendship, arguing that Nern Hernandez's career has caused "the most severe case of [CTE] medically seen" in someone at his age.
Appeal status and confidence
On April 25, 2017, a lawyer for Hernandez filed a motion to the Massachusetts High Court in Fall River to vacate his murder convictions. The request was given May 9, 2017; Therefore Hernandez is technically dead as an innocent person, because of the abuletio principle of abatement. Under Massachusetts law, this principle affirms that when a criminal defendant dies but has not yet exhausted all legal proceedings, his case returns to "initially" status - the belief is emptied and the defendant is given "innocence." At the time of his death, Hernandez was in the process of appealing his conviction in 2015 in the murder of Odin Lloyd.
On May 9, 2017, the date of the judge's decision to vacate, the Bristol county district attorney declared that they planned to appeal the verdict to the Supreme Court of Massachusetts if necessary. The Odin Lloyds were disappointed with the decision, but their lawyers did not believe it would affect the wrong family lawsuit that the family had filed.
See also
- The All-American College Football Team 2009
- Crime in Massachusetts
- List of New England Patriots players
Footnote
References
External links
- Career and player information statistics from NFL.com Ã, Â · ESPNÃ, Ã, Â · Pro-Football-References
- The NFL merges the profile
- Aaron Hernandez in the Search of the Mausoleum
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