The Green Bay Packers are dutifully preparing for the 2024 NFL season. There is a great deal of excitement surrounding the team with Jordan Love established as the next franchise quarterback and a young group of wide receivers that fans believe will take the league by storm.
While current Packers players count down the days until the start of the regular season, one of the organizations former offensive linemen will be counting down the days until his release from prison. William Ferrario, who is also a former Wisconsin Badgers player, was recently sentenced for his second DUI (driving under the influence) offense in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
Former Wisconsin Badgers and Green Bay Packers Guard William Ferrario Was Sentenced to Just 35 Days in Prison
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According to a report by Karen Madden of USA Today, former Packers and Badgers offensive guard William Ferrario has been sentenced to 35 days in prison following his second DUI arrest. The state of Wisconsin has some of the most lenient drunk driving laws in the country, which is why Ferrario’s sentence is so light.
However, the circumstances surrounding his arrest and sentencing call into question whether or not his sentence should have been longer.
Not only did Ferrario plead guilty to driving under the influence, he also pled guilty to several misdemeanors that suggest the situation in question was an even more dangerous one than a man driving impaired.
In addition to his second DUI, Ferrario pled guilty to misdemeanor charges of intimidating a victim, bail jumping, and disorderly conduct. Madden reports that all three misdemeanors were all domestic abuse incidents.
Part of his plea agreement brought a charge of felony intimidating of a victim down to a misdemeanor. It also dismissed a charge of felony stalking.
Ferrario has also been ordered to 18 months of probation in relation to the domestic abuse. He has 60 days to report to prison.
William Ferrario Did Not Have a Long Career with the Green Bay Packers
William Ferrario played offensive guard for Wisconsin and helped the Badgers win back-to-back Rose Bowls in 1999 and 2000. He was a Second Team All-Big Ten guard and was just the third player in conference history to start all 50 games that he played.
The Packers selected Ferrario in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He did not stick in the NFL long, though. He did not play at all in 2001 before appearing in all 16 games in 2002. The Packers released him in 2003, and he never played in the NFL again.
Ferrario did have stints in training camp with the Washington Commanders and Carolina Panthers.
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