OKLAHOMA CITY -- A former NFL player from Oklahoma has been convicted for his role in a large-scale dogfighting operation, federal prosecutors announced. LeShon Eugene Johnson, 54, of Broken Arrow was convicted of six felony counts of possessing dogs for use in an animal-fighting venture. Johnson allegedly bred dogs that had won as many as five fights and then sold "stud rights" and their offspring to other dogfighters, according to the Justice Department. The trafficking took place across the U.S. and helped to grow the dogfighting industry, while resulting in Johnson profiting financially, prosecutors alleged. "Obviously the jury found that some of his dogs bred were probably or were used in dog fighting, and those were difficult charges to fight."