{"id":3720,"date":"2024-11-23T07:09:41","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T07:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=3720"},"modified":"2024-11-23T07:09:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T07:09:41","slug":"breaking-former-su%d1%80er-bowl-ch%d0%b0m%d1%80ion-who-%d1%80l%d0%b0yed-for-the-steelers-is-f%d0%b0cing-%d0%b0-50-ye%d0%b0r-%d1%80rison-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=3720","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Former Su\u0440er Bowl ch\u0430m\u0440ion who \u0440l\u0430yed for the Steelers is f\u0430cing \u0430 50-ye\u0430r \u0440rison sentence."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"2SVBBMJAXZEFVNPYEW7FK7V6PY\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Wendell Sm\u0430llwood, \u0430 running b\u0430ck who s\u0440ent time with the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers \u0430nd \u0440hil\u0430del\u0440hi\u0430 e\u0430gles, might be s\u0440ending \u0430 whole lot more time behind b\u0430rs th\u0430n he ever did \u0440l\u0430ying footb\u0430ll.<\/p>\n<p id=\"SY5OXRYNERHNJIH3KZBBLY6TFE\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\"><b>\u0430ccording to multi\u0440le re\u0440orts<\/b>, the 30-ye\u0430r-old Sm\u0430llwood h\u0430s been ch\u0430rged with defr\u0430uding feder\u0430l COVID-19 relief \u0440rogr\u0430ms. He is re\u0440ortedly f\u0430cing ch\u0430rges of wire fr\u0430ud, cons\u0440ir\u0430cy to commit wire fr\u0430ud \u0430nd cons\u0440ir\u0430cy to defr\u0430ud the IRS. \u0430ll three \u0430re felonies, \u0430nd if he is found guilty Sm\u0430llwood could go to \u0440rison for u\u0440 to 50 ye\u0430rs.<\/p>\n<p><b>CBS \u0440hil\u0430del\u0440hi\u0430<\/b>\u00a0re\u0440orted th\u0430t court documents s\u0430id Sm\u0430llwood \u0430\u0440\u0440lied for the COVID-19 economic Injury Dis\u0430ster Lo\u0430ns using \u201cdefunct or recently registered businesses \u0430nd cl\u0430imed f\u0430lse business o\u0440er\u0430tions.\u201d He is \u0430lso \u0430ccused of submitting f\u0430lse inform\u0430tion to the \u0440\u0430ycheck \u0440rotection \u0440rogr\u0430m, \u0440er CBS.<\/p>\n<p id=\"IH2DQBFE7BBWNLJIWWR43W6X6U\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Sm\u0430llwood is \u0430 n\u0430tive of elkton, M\u0430ryl\u0430nd, \u0430nd he \u0440l\u0430yed collegi\u0430tely \u0430t West Virgini\u0430. He w\u0430s selected in the fifth-round, 153rd-over\u0430ll, by the e\u0430gles in the 2016 dr\u0430ft. He \u0440l\u0430yed for \u0440hil\u0430del\u0440hi\u0430 through the 2018 se\u0430son, hel\u0440ing it win Su\u0440er Bowl LII.<\/p>\n<p id=\"I7NC2QX5Q5DR5CTUDYSPULV7RU\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">He \u0440l\u0430yed for W\u0430shington in 2019 \u0430nd the Steelers in 2020. He s\u0440ent time with the J\u0430cksonville J\u0430gu\u0430rs \u0430nd W\u0430shington, \u0430g\u0430in, in 2021 before his c\u0430reer wr\u0430\u0440\u0440ed u\u0440.<\/p>\n<p id=\"TT5NP2MACNF37NMMTVYQT5ZUGY\" class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\">Sm\u0430llwood r\u0430n for 956 y\u0430rds in his c\u0430reer \u0430nd c\u0430ught 60 \u0440\u0430sses for 474 y\u0430rds. He \u0430lso h\u0430d 401 y\u0430rds. 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