The 34-year-old was convicted of four counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. He could have been up to 20 years in jail, but instead it will be 12.
Here's more from the newspaper:
Prosecutors said Webster had sex with the girl in 2009 when she was 15 and threatened to harm her if she told anyone. Webster admitted having sex with the teen the next year, when she was 16 -- the legal age of consent in Ohio.
Webster's attorney, Gregory Samms, said in a telephone interview after court that his client will appeal the verdict and the sentence, both of which Samms said were "excessive."
"He was overcharged for what actually took place, which was a consensual agreement between two people," Samms said. "It was a consensual act and everything else was a fabrication."
Webster played in the NFL from 2000-07, playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cincinnati Bengals, and Denver Broncos.
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