Report: NFL analyst, former player Jonathan Vilma arrested in Miami

Former NFL linebacker and current FOX Sports NFL analyst Jonathan Vilma was arrested in Miami for driving with a suspended license on Wednesday, according to Miami reporter Andy Slater. Vilma’s arrest reportedly occurred after he was pulled over for an expired tag.

No additional details have been revealed as of this writing, but Jonathan Vilma’s arrest comes after his fifth season of calling NFL games on FOX with Kenny Albert. Vilma played for the New York Jets (2004-2007) and New Orleans Saints (2008-2013) in his NFL career and helped the Saints win a Super Bowl during the 2009 season.

Before joining FOX Sports, Vilma spent four years at ABC and ESPN, serving as a color commentator for ABC’s college pregame and halftime shows in 2018 and 2019, and as an ESPN college football analyst starting in 2016.

Jonathan Vilma opens up about his broadcasting career

Along with winning a Super Bowl with the Saints, Vilma was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2004 and was selected to the Pro Bowl three times. He was inducted into the Saints Hall of Fame in 2017.

In 2023, Vilma spoke to Derek Futterman of Barrett Media about his desire to call a Super Bowl. “This is no different than football for me,” Vilma said. “[I am] very competitive, so I would want to make sure that [in] each performance [and] each game that I do, I prepare and act as if it is a playoff game; a Super Bowl game. It’s the best game that I’m ever going to call.”

Vilma also talked about giving the same effort as a broadcaster as he did as a player. “I notice that a lot of the beat writers [and] a lot of regional writers appreciate when you’re just very honest about the good and the bad,” Vilma said, “and they appreciate more when you’re the same person during the bad times as you are during the good times. If I lost a game, whether it was with the Jets or the Saints, beat writers come in and you handle it the same way.”