Jamal Lewis hasn’t played in the NFL for several years. The former Baltimore Ravens running back though received a Super Bowl ring when the Ravens won the Super Bowl two years later. However, Lewis has had major money problems over the years and decided that he needed the money more than the ring and pawned it. It sold for $50,820 at auction this past weekend.
The ring, which contained 3.75 carats of diamonds, was sold by Goldin Auctions. The auction house also said that Lewis didn’t sell the ring directly to them. Lewis filed for bankruptcy in 2012 after piling up debts of over $10 million. He had $14.5 million in assets at that time but it would sound like Lewis and his financial issues haven’t gone away if he was pawning the ring away.
The only reason that Lewis got the ring in the first place is because he is a member of the team’s Ring of Honor. Baltimore owner Steve Bisciotti is likely never going to be sending Lewis another ring ever again after this incident though. There would be really no reason to waste over $50,000 on a ring that the other person is just going to sell anyway at the end of the day.
