Kevin Ware

Kevin Ware Jr. (born September 30, 1980) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and San Francisco 49ers. Ware was arrested for killing his girlfriend in July 2022. Career Born in San Diego, Ware played high school football at Klein Oak High School in Harris County, Texas, and college football at the University of Washington. He then played for the Washington Redskins in 2003 (11 games) and the San Francisco 49ers in 2004 (5 games), before being released in September. Legal history In 2002, while at the University of Washington, Ware pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and received a suspended sentence. In 2010, in Houston, he was charged in two separate incidents with theft and with evading arrest after an assault.