William Joseph ( American football ) William Joseph ( born September 3 , 1979 in Miami , Florida ) is a free agent American football defensive tackle who last played for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League . He was drafted by the New York Giants in the first round of the 2003 NFL Draft . He played college football at the University of Miami . Early years . Joseph attended Edison High School and was Florida Class 6A Second - team All - State and First - team All - Dade County as a defensive end , recorded 109 tackles , 17 sacks , 12 tackles for loss , six fumbles caused and four fumbles recovered as a senior . As a junior he totaled 90 tackles and 11 sacks . College career . Joseph started every game ( 51 including bowl games ) of his Miami career . In 2002 as a senior he was a first - team All - Big East selection , making 51 total tackles ( 19 solo tackles ) , 16 tackles for losses , and five quarterback sacks . He also broke up five passes and had a team - high 29 quarterback hurries . In 2001 as a junior , he was third - team All - American recognition by the Associated Press and second - team All - Big East as he led the team in quarterback sacks ( 10 ) and tackles for loss ( 19 ) . He also had 61 tackles . In 2002 he had total tackles with 40 ( 15 solos ) with three quarterback sacks and 12 quarterback hurries . Joseph was a 1999 The Sporting News second - team freshman All - American . He began season at defensive end before moving to tackle and totaled 49 tackles with six tackles for loss , 1 . 5 sacks , 17 quarterback hurries , two pass break ups , one forced fumble , and one fumble recovered . Professional career . New York Giants . Joseph was drafted by the New York Giants with the 25th overall pick in the 2003 NFL Draft . After a holdout he signed a five - year $ 6 . 95 million dollar contract August 5 , 2003 . He played in 14 games as a rookie , primarily as a reserve defensive tackle and finished the season with 6 tackles ( 3 solo ) , 1 sack and 1 forced fumble . In 2004 he played in 15 games with 4 starts and made 25 tackles ( 20 solo ) , 2 sacks and 2 passes defensed . In 2005 started all 10 regular season games in which he played and the NFC Wild Card Game at right defensive tackle . He finished the season with 19 tackles ( 14 solo ) , 2 sacks , 3 passes defensed and 1 fumble recover . He missed 6 of the last 7 regular season games due to injuries . The next season , 2006 , he played in all 16 league games with three starts and recorded 21 tackles and two quarterback sacks . In 2007 Joseph played in the pre - season games and the regular season before sustaining a season - ending injury after which he was placed on injured reserve . Joseph earned a Super Bowl ring with the Giants in Super Bowl XLII . Oakland Raiders . The Oakland Raiders signed Joseph on March 14 , 2008 , released him on September 2 and re - signed him on November 5 , 2008 . He finished the 2008 season with eight tackles . Joseph was released on September 6 , 2009 after the team acquired Richard Seymour from the New England Patriots only to be re - signed on September 11 after Seymour failed to show up . However , after Seymour showed up at the Raiders facility , Joseph was released again on September 14 . He was re - signed on November 9 . Joseph was re - signed on March 23 , 2010 , but was later released prior to the start of the 2010 season . After football . On April 30 , 2012 , Joseph along with two other former NFL players were arrested on federal charges in connection with an alleged scheme to steal people ’ s identities and file false tax returns . References . William Joseph , 33 , of Miami , was sentenced today , November 30 2012 to two years in prison , to be followed by three years of supervised release , for his participation in an identity theft tax refund fraud scheme . Joseph pled guilty on August 31 , 2012 , to one count of theft of government money and one count of aggravated identity theft . FBI News Release http : / / www . fbi . gov / miami / press - releases / 2012 / former - nfl - star - sentenced - on - identity - theft - tax - refund - fraud - scheme ? utm _ campaign = email - Immediate & utm _ medium = emailhttp : / / en . wikipedia . org / w / index . php ? title = William _ Joseph _ ( American _ football ) & action = edit & section = 7 & editintro = Template : BLP _ editintro & utm _ source = miami - press - releases & utm _ content = 158775 < / ref >