Super Bowl record-holder arrested on warrant for aggravated assault-strangulation

On Feb. 6, 2023, Kadarius Toney was taking part in Super Bowl Opening Night as a member of the Kansas City Chiefs.

On Feb. 6, 2025, Toney was getting arrested on two outstanding warrants and booked into the Douglas County Jail in Douglasville, Georgia.

The former Alabama high school star spent most of the 2024 NFL season on the Cleveland Browns’ practice squad.

According to court records, Toney was arrested on warrants for aggravated assault-strangulation and obstruct/hinder making emergency phone call.

Jail records show Toney entered the facility on Thursday, with bond set at $25,000. Toney is no longer in jail.

The warrants for Toney’s arrest were issued on Jan. 15 following an incident alleged to have happened at Toney’s address on Jan. 14.

The warrants said Toney “did place his hand around (the victim’s) throat with enough force to cause her to be unable to breath, leave red marks on her neck and cause petechial hemorrhaging in her eyes.”

The warrants also said Toney “took her phone away when she attempted to call 911 and canceled voice commands for the phone to call 911 while physically assaulting her.”

The court records do not show a court date for Toney.

In Kansas City’s 38-35 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII on Feb. 12, 2023, Toney had the longest punt return in Super Bowl history with a 65-yarder to the Philadelphia 5-yard line to set up a touchdown in the fourth quarter less than three minutes after he had caught a TD pass.

Toney’s 5-yard touchdown reception with 12:04 remaining allowed Kansas City to take a 28-27 lead, and the advantage expanded to eight points thanks to his punt return.

The Chiefs won the NFL championship again for the 2023 season, but Toney did not contribute during the postseason this time. He did not play in the final three regular-season games or the four playoff contests for the 2023 campaign.

This season, Toney played in three games with the Browns. The Chiefs waived Toney on Aug. 28, and he signed with the Cleveland practice squad on Sept. 9.

Toney had two rushing attempts that netted minus-4 yards and returned four punts for 44 yards while on the field for 17 offensive snaps and six special-teams plays in 2024.

Toney was an All-State quarterback at Blount High School in Prichard, and he won the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s Class 6A Back of the Year Award for the 2016 season. In his final two seasons at Blount, Toney threw for 6,498 yards and 69 touchdowns and ran for 1,790 yards and 31 touchdowns.

Toney made the conversion to wide receiver at Florida, where he caught 70 passes for 984 yards and 10 touchdowns, ran for 161 yards and one touchdown on 19 carries and returned 11 punts for an average of 12.6 yards and one TD as a senior.

Toney was a first-round draft choice of the New York Giants in 2021. He had played in only 12 games for New York when the Giants traded him to Kansas City on Oct. 27, 2022.

In 35 NFL regular-season games, Toney has 82 receptions for 760 yards and three touchdowns, 23 rushing attempts for 115 yards and one touchdown and 21 punt returns for a 7.8-yard average.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.