Former NFL running back LeShon Johnson has been sentenced to five years in federal prison after being convicted in connection with a large-scale dogfighting operation in Oklahoma. The case has drawn renewed attention to his life after football, with prosecutors describing a long-running operation that caused the deaths and serious injuries of hundreds of dogs.

Former NFL running back LeShon Johnson has been sentenced to five years in federal prison after being convicted in connection with a large-scale dogfighting operation in Oklahoma.…

Prosecutors said that since 2007, Johnson "bred and trafficked hundreds of dogs for the purpose of dog fighting around the country."