50 Most-Infamous Athlete Mugshots: Deion Sanders Arrested For Trespassing In ’96

In June 1996, former NFL star Deion Sanders was fishing on the property of the Southwest Florida International Airport, which led to his being arrested for trespassing.

Police found Sanders fishing on private property and informed him that he needed to bring his boat in because he wasn’t allowed to fish there. Sanders told officers that he wasn’t going to do so, which led to his arrest.

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Sanders was charged with misdemeanor trespassing and pleaded no contest. Sanders was fined over $250 in court costs and placed on probation for six months, during which he was required to work 50 hours with youth in the Fort Myers area.

During his career, Sanders was a highly respected athlete. He attended Florida State University, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 1988. He would go on to be selected fifth overall in the 1989 NFL draft by the Atlanta Falcons.

In Sanders’ NFL career, he played for five different teams, winning the Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers in 1994 and with the Dallas Cowboys in 1996. In addition to winning the Super Bowl in 1994 with San Francisco, Sanders also brought home the NFL Defensive Player of the Year award.

Sanders finished his NFL career with two Super Bowl rings, one Defensive Player of the Year award, eight Pro Bowl selections and six All-Pro selections. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011.

In addition to playing in the NFL, Sanders also played professional baseball in the MLB, with some of the seasons overlapping.

In 2020, Sanders became the head coach of Jackson State’s football program, where he won two Southwestern Athletic Conference championships and appeared in the Celebration Bowl twice. In 2022, he was hired as the head coach at the University of Colorado, where he is currently coaching.