Ex-NFL linebacker Adarius Taylor arrested on child abuse charge, records show

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Former NFL linebacker Adarius Taylor was arrested on a child abuse charge last week in Florida, jail records showed.

Taylor was booked into the Polk County Jail on Thursday and was charged with negligent child abuse without bodily harm and soliciting another for prostitution, lewdness or assignation. 

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Adarius Taylor was booked into a Florida jail on May 8, 2025. (Polk County Jail)

Taylor’s bail was set for $6,000. He was released from jail on Sunday.

He is set to be arraigned on June 10, according to online records. Details of the arrest were not immediately made available.

The 34-year-old Bartow, Florida, native played college football at Eastern Arizona and Florida Atlantic before he got a chance to compete in the NFL.

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Buccaneers outside linebacker Adarius Taylor works out prior to a game at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Nov. 25, 2018. (Kim Klement-USA Today Sports)

He joined the Carolina Panthers in 2014 as an undrafted free agent. He had two stints with the Panthers – the second in 2020. In between, he had time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Cleveland Browns.

He tried to latch on to the Canadian Football League’s Calgary Stampeders in 2023 but only lasted until November of that year.

Taylor was originally born as Adarius Glanton before he changed his last name in 2018. He said at the time he wanted to change his last name before he got married.

Cleveland Browns linebacker Adarius Taylor takes the field before playing the Steelers at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Dec. 1, 2019. (Philip G. Pavely-USA