Rex Ryan is still expected to make his usual appearance on ESPN this weekend, despite his arrest earlier this week.
The former New York Jets and Buffalo Bills head coach turned himself in to police in Nashville on Wednesday after ‘running over two pedestrians’ feet’ in a bizarre road rage incident last week.
Ryan was wanted on ‘six outstanding misdemeanor warrants’, according to cops, after he was accused of ‘striking two pedestrians with his pick-up truck’ on Nashville’s famous Broadway just before midnight on November 5.
Despite the incident, the former coach, who now works as a top NFL analyst for ESPN, will still appear on the airwaves, making his first public appearance since the arrest on Sunday.
He is expected to make his normal Sunday NFL Countdown analyst appearance, according to The Athletic.
‘As of now, Rex will appear as scheduled, including on Sunday NFL Countdown,’ a network statement read.
Rex Ryan poses for a mugshot in Nashville on Wednesday after handing himself in to police
Despite his arrest, Ryan is still expected to make his usual Sunday NFL Countdown appearance
It is alleged that Ryan ran over ‘both victims’ feet and made contact with one of the individual’s legs’, before being waved down by pedestrians, getting out of his truck to argue with them, and then driving away.
In the wake of Ryan’s arrest in Nashville on Wednesday, the alleged victims told the Daily Mail that he chased after Ryan’s vehicle and took photos of his truck’s license plate, which led to police putting out a warrant for his arrest.
Michael S. Holland, 53, who recently moved part-time to Nashville with his new wife, Nadia Ramiz Adnan Rahman, said the couple was crossing a downtown street shortly before midnight on November 5 when Ryan made a sharp turn in his large Ford pickup truck, striking both of them.
The truck ran over both of Holland’s feet, he said, and injured his wife, tearing off one of her toenails. However, he suggested that they were just inches away from more serious injuries.
The former NFL head coach has now been hit with charges of leaving the scene of an accident (2), failure to give information/render aid (2), and failure to obey a traffic control signal (2).
His bond was set at $6,000, according to the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, and jail records show he was released from custody on Wednesday morning.
The circumstances surrounding the arrest are particularly notable given Ryan’s longtime fetish for all things feet, first revealed back in 2010 when he was head coach of the New York Jets.
Michael S Holland, 53, and his new wife, Nadia Ramiz Adnan Rahman had recently moved part-time to Nashville when they were struck by the pickup truck (source: Instagram)
Ryan poses for a photo with his wife Michelle during his time as Jets coach back in 2009
Ryan became embroiled in scandal when videos emerged of him appearing to film his wife Michelle’s feet in various settings, including out the window of an SUV and relaxing on a couch.
At a press conference shortly after, he declined to comment and repeatedly maintained that it was a ‘personal matter,’ while praising his wife.
Ryan’s fetish was catapulted back into the public consciousness in December 2024 when he inadvertently flashed his mobile phone to the camera while live on ESPN, revealing his lock screen image.
It was a photo of his wife Michelle, but rather than a snap of her face, it was instead an angle which captured a close-up of the bottom of her feet.
