HENDERSON, Nev. – Las Vegas Raiders cornerback Kemah Siverand, who was signed by the team to a futures contract last month after spending the second half of the 2020 season on the coaching team, was arrested early Saturday after a street racing incident in Houston, police said Monday.
Officers stopped three of the five drivers, and Siverand, 24, was one of three drivers arrested. According to the Houston Police Department, Siverand he was charged with the crime of evading arrest after “initially stopping for officers, then continuing to drive another mile before stopping.”
The Raiders did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Siverand, who was a raw debutant from Oklahoma, was dropped by the Seattle Seahawks in August after he was caught trying to sneak a woman into the team’s training camp hotel. Wear Seahawks equipment in an effort to disguise yourself as a player.
The Raiders signed Siverand to the training team on October 27 and a futures contract on January 5.