John Ulysses Mobley was born on October 10,1973 and is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for eight seasons with the Denver Broncos of the National Football League from 1996 to 2003.
12 Facts About John Mobley
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John Mobley is the cousin of former NBA player Cuttino Mobley.
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One of nine children born to parents, Kevin and Vera, who divorced when he was thirteen years old, Mobley lived with his father until the age of sixteen.
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John Mobley spent a year living on the street in an old car before a friend's family took him in.
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John Mobley made the starting lineup as a freshman and recorded nine tackles and a sack in his first college game, and earned an honorable mention on the All-American team as a sophomore.
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John Mobley subsequently resolved his academic status, and returned for the 1994 and 1995 seasons, earning first-team AP Little All-American selections as a junior and senior and a Division II invitation to the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama.
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John Mobley was drafted in the first round of the 1996 NFL draft by the Denver Broncos, making him the highest drafted player in the history of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, and just the third player from Kutztown ever to be drafted.
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John Mobley had 132 tackles and four sacks and was an All-Pro that season; however, he missed most of the 1999 season because of an injury.
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John Mobley suffered a bruised spinal column during the 2003 season after colliding with his teammate Kelly Herndon in a game against the Baltimore Ravens.
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John Mobley later re-signed with the Broncos and retired because of the injury.
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John Mobley served seven days in prison for a DUI conviction in 2004 after being pulled over and arrested on December 28,2002.
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John Mobley was found guilty by a jury in April 2004 and was sentenced to 365 days behind bars, but the judge in the case later reduced it to seven days.