Former NFL Player Sentenced For Brutal Murder

Former NFL player Kevin Ware Jr. has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for murdering his girlfriend and burning her body.

According to the New York Post, the 41-year-old former tight end for the Washington Redskins and San Francisco 49ers reached a deal with the prosecution in exchange for pleading guilty to the murder of 29-year-old Taylor Pomaski.

Ex-NFL player Kevin Ware Jr. sentenced to 30 years for murdering girlfriend Taylor Pomaski, burning her corpse https://t.co/cuQ1pflEz2 pic.twitter.com/n7BohXNbpY

— New York Post (@nypost) May 8, 2025

From the New York Post:

Pomaski disappeared under suspicious circumstances after she was last seen at a party at her home in Houston, Texas, on April 25, 2021, NBC Houston reported.

Just days before she vanished, her NFL boyfriend was found with guns — including a loaded AK-47 — as well as cocaine and meth when he was pulled over for speeding at 115 mph in Montgomery County, ABC13 News reported.

Pomaski’s remains were found dumped in a ditch in Harris County in December 2021.

Ware had “cut her with a knife, hit her with a blunt object, strangled her and then burned her corpse,” court documents revealed.

Pomaski’s ex-boyfriend said he believed she was in an abusive and toxic relationship at the time she disappeared.

Former NFL player Kevin Ware Jr. was sentenced today to 30 years in prison after pleading GUILTY to murder and tampering with a human corpse related to the 2021 death of his girlfriend, 29-year-old Taylor Pomaski. Sometimes the punishment doesn’t fit the crime. RIP #TaylorPomaski pic.twitter.com/97uoZYe4Rn

— Seeking Justice (@Seekers4Justice) May 7, 2025

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NEW: Ex-NFL player Kevin Ware Jr. was sentenced to 30 years for k*lling his girlfriend and burning her body

Ware, 41, pleaded guilty to the 2021 murder of his 29-year-old girlfriend, Taylor Pomaski, as part of a deal with prosecutors

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PEOPLE reports:

Ware agreed to take a plea deal in court on Wednesday, May 7 — just days ahead of jury selection for his trial — and accepted 30 years in prison for murder and tampering with evidence, “specifically a corpse” in the 2021 death of Pomaski, according to KPRC-TV, KRIV-TV and the Houston Chronicle.

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After prosecutors offered Ware a plea deal in court, Judge Brian Warren pressed Ware for a decision, saying, “I’m going to play football with you right now,” per the Houston Chronicle. He warned the former football tight end that the plea deal would expire, and if the trial went ahead, Ware could face life in prison.

Ware reportedly said he would “think about” the offer before leaving to discuss the plea deal with his attorneys. After about 20 minutes, he returned to the court and accepted the deal, per the outlet.

The Harris County District Attorney’s Office and Ware’s attorney, Neal Davis III, did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

The former Washington Redskins and San Francisco 49ers player was indicted by a grand jury in Harris County, Texas in July 2022 on murder and tampering charges in connection with Pomanski’s death, more than a year after she disappeared.

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