Arrest warrant issued for free agent Earl Thomas

An arrest warrant has been issued for free-agent safety Earl Thomas in Texas after he allegedly sent threatening messages to a woman about her and her children, according to court records obtained by Ryan Autullo of the Austin American-Statesman.

The soon-to-be 33-year-old allegedly violated a protective order two or more times within 12 months, which included not communicating through a co-parenting phone application. Magistrate George Thomas signed the warrant on April 27. Thomas has yet to be booked into the Travis County Jail.

Thomas' legal representative Trey Dolezal said that the warrant stems from his client reaching out to his estranged wife to see their children.

"They were consciously and collectively working together to see his kids," Dolezal said, per Autullo. "I don't really understand how he could be in violation by working together to visit with his children."

Additional court records showed that Thomas was arrested in February 2021 on a misdemeanor charge of carrying a weapon unlawfully. He forfeited his weapon, and the charge was dropped in February 2022.

Thomas expressed a desire to resume his NFL career just two weeks ago. The three-time first-team All-Pro hasn't dressed for a game since 2019.

He was previously cut by the Baltimore Ravens before the 2020 season following an altercation with teammate Chuck Clark.

Thomas spent the first nine seasons of his career as a member of the Seattle Seahawks. The 2010 first-round pick was a prominent feature of Seattle's "Legion of Boom" defense.

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