Former Eagles running back Wendell Smallwood Jr. is facing federal charges over allegedly defrauding COVID-19 relief programs and the Internal Revenue Service in a series of schemes that resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in falsely obtained payments.

Former NFL running back Wendell Smallwood, who won a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2018, has been charged with defrauding federal COVID-19 relief p

Former Philadelphia Eagles running back Wendell Smallwood Jr. has been charged with defrauding the federal government to receive COVID relief loans. Smallwood, a Wilmington native, is charged with three felonies: wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the IRS. He faces up to 50 years in prison.