Dante Fowler Jr. has become like an NFL journeyman after the Jacksonville Jaguars used the third overall pick on the former Florida Gators star pass rusher. He has played for four different teams over the last eight seasons. He’s now with the Dallas Cowboys, who signed him to a one-year deal this offseason.
However, he’s still paying for a mistake he made while he was with the Jaguars. On Thursday, Michael Gehlken of the Dallas Morning News reported that a civil jury in Florida has ordered Fowler to pay $280,000 in compensatory and punitive damages to a St. Petersburg man he attacked after a near-miss traffic accident in 2017.
The original arrest report says that Fowler nearly hit another vehicle after failing to come to a complete stop at an intersection. An apartment resident nearby who witnessed the close call shouted something to Fowler. The third-year Jaguars defender, at the time, exited his vehicle and struck the 55-year-old bystander, stepped on his eyeglasses, and threw…