FORT MYERS, Fla. – A former University of Florida football player, Earl Antonio "Tony" Joiner, has been arrested and charged with killing his wife in a case dating to 2016, police said. A former safety at Florida under then-Coach Urban Meyer, Joiner was arrested Saturday on a charge of second-degree murder in the death of wife Heyzel Obando, the Fort Myers Police Department said in a statement. The reports noted that Joiner, as a junior player, led all of UF's defensive backs with 59 tackles. Hernandez was later convicted of murder and killed himself in prison in 2017. During Meyer's six years at Florida, there were 31 arrests of football players, according to an analysis by the New York Times.