Ex-NFL’er and college football star Robert Nelson Jr., who played for the New

• Burbank Police officers spotted a gun inside Nelson’s Jr. car at a mall parking lot 
• The 33-year-old cornerback last played in the XFL and CFL after stints in the NFL 
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Robert Nelson Jr. – an ex-NFL’er and college football star with stints on the New York Jets and Houston Texans among many other teams – was arrested in L.A. last month for allegedly illegally possessing a gun. 

The former Arizona State cornerback was arrested in Burbank, California, three days before Christmas, on December 22, according to TMZ Sports. 

Burbank Police officers were keeping watch on a local mall parking lot at around 9 p.m. when they noticed Nelson’s car parked in a handicap spot without a placard. 

And, after looking into the vehicle, they spotted a loaded handgun sitting in plain sight on the floorboard. Officers eventually located Nelson before detaining him. 

Nelson was later charged with one count of carrying a loaded firearm on/in person vehicle and was arraigned three days after his arrest on December 26. 

His next appearance in court will be in ‘late February’, TMZ Sports further reported. 

Nelson stood out for the Arizona State Devils in 2013, earning a first team All-Pac-12 selection as a senior after logging six interceptions. 

He signed with the Cleveland Browns after going undrafted a year later. And just like that, Nelson was cut by the team in 2015, before joining the Arizona Cardinals, who waived him after barely months of being on the roster.

Nelson went on to play for the Houston Texans before being picked up by the New England Patriots, Jets, Baltimore Ravens and New Orleans Saints. In total, he played for seven different NFL teams in a four-year time span from 2014 to 2018. 

Nelson, now 33, most recently played for the Arlington Renegades in the XFL last year (2023). 

He previously played for the Arizona Hotshots, Houston Roughnecks, and St. Louis Battlehawks. 

Nelson was also a player for the Montreal Alouettes, of the CFL, during the 2021 season.