More family drama for Mike Vrabel as his son is busted by cops just weeks after Dianna Russini cheating scandal 36%
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6/27/2026, 2:50:25 PM
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Mike Vrabel's family has been thrust back into the spotlight after son Tyler was busted for reckless driving in Tennessee, weeks on from the coach's affair scandal.
According to police records, obtained by the New York Post, the 26-year-old was charged with reckless driving, speeding and driving with an expired registration after being stopped by officers in Brentwood in Williamson County on May 9.
At around 8:15 a.m., Tyler - who is an offensive line coach at Boston College following a stint in the NFL - was allegedly driving a Ford F-150 truck 71mph in a 45mph zone.
According to the arrest affidavit, when Tyler was pulled over, the former Atlanta Falcons man produced a registration that had been out of date since December 2024.
The affidavit also stated that the vehicle had been speeding past residential houses and other local motorists in a highly reckless manner.
Meanwhile, online records indicate that formal charges were later filed on May 21, resulting in nearly $1,000 in total fines for the assistant coach.
Mike Vrabel, pictured with wife Jen, has been thrust back into the spotlight after his son Tyler, was charged with reckless driving, speeding and driving with an expired registration in May
Vrabel's son, Tyler (right), who recently got engaged to partner Mariah Romano (left), was allegedly driving a Ford F-150 truck 71mph in a 45mph zone in Brentwood in Williamson County
The steep penalties included a mandatory $250 fee required for taking a blood alcohol test during the traffic stop.
The legal run-in comes at a highly sensitive time for the family, unfolding just weeks after a massive affair scandal surrounding Vrabel and reporter Dianna Russini.
The scandal originally broke after photographs emerged showing the pair cozied up together at an exclusive, adults-only resort during a trip to Sedona, Arizona.
The Post later published more photos of Vrabel and Russini enjoying breakfast together at the same resort and other pictures showing the two kissing at a New York bar, reportedly, in March of 2020.
Russini and her husband, Shake Shack executive Kevin Goldschmidt, were married in September 2020.
Vrabel has been married to Jen since 1999.
Furthermore, the Daily Mail has also published photos of Vrabel with the NFL insider at a Biloxi, Mississippi, casino in January 2024, and of him with a pregnant Russini renting a boat on a Tennessee lake three years earlier when he was coaching the Titans and she was reporting for ESPN.
Speaking before the first round of the NFL Draft, Vrabel stopped short of confessing to an affair.
However, he did admit to causing 'a distraction to the people that I care most about, my family, this football team, the organization and our fans.
'My previous actions don't meet the standard that I hold myself to,' he conceded.
Following a brief stint in the NFL, Tyler is now an offensive line coach at Boston College
Tyler Vrabel's arrest came just weeks after his father, Mike, was drawn into an affair scandal surrounding himself and former NFL reporter Diana Russini, pictured together back in 2020
'They don't.
What I believe is best for the two most important things in my life, my family and this football team, is for us to take the necessary steps to work together and to give them what I told them I'd give them, which is the best version of me, and that's what we're going to do.'
Vrabel stepped away from the team during the third day of the Draft to attend a counseling session, he said, because he was going to prioritize his family over his job going forward.
'My priorities are my family and this football team - and in that order - and there's a balance there that I am going to create.
My family needs me this weekend and that's where I'll be.'
Most recently, it emerged that Russini had previously used her relationship with an NFL head coach to impress a police officer and avoid getting a traffic ticket.
Back in February, Russini revealed on 'Stugotz and Company' that she was pulled over by police weeks before for texting while driving.
She added it was the second time within a month that she got pulled over while her two young sons were in the car.
Russini claimed she told the officer she was using her phone because the Buffalo Bills had just fired head coach Sean McDermott and she was trying to report the news.
But she managed to prevent a ticket by getting the head coach of the police officer's favorite team to speak with him on FaceTime.
It is not believed to be Vrabel.
It also emerged earlier this month that unrest is growing at the New York Times with an investigation into Russini's relationship with Vrabel still 'weeks away' from being published.
Russini and husband Kevin Goldschmidt were married in New Jersey in September 2020
Steven Ginsberg, Russini's boss at The Athletic, initially launched a defiant defense of her, before she was put on leave and ultimately resigned after Ginsberg said 'additional information emerged'.
He said an investigation would be launched but now, over two months on, Athletic staffers are said to be frustrated that the probe is dragging, as per Page Six.
Meanwhile, Tyler's reckless driving drama also comes just weeks after he announced his engagement with his partner.
Tyler's fiancée, Mariah Romano, shared photos from the engagement party on Instagram, with the third picture in her post showing Mike and Jen smiling alongside their soon-to-be daughter-in-law and two sons.
Mariah said in the caption: 'the most perfect engagement surrounded by the people I love most'.
According to his profile on the Boston College Eagles page, Tyler recently entered his second season as a coaching assistant with his alma mater.
He previously played two games for the Atlanta Falcons in the NFL, between 2022-23 after signing with the franchise as an undrafted free agent.
Prior to that he had spent four years at Boston College, where he played 35 career games and picked up Honorable Mention All-ACC honors in his final three seasons.
The Daily Mail has reached out to the Brentwood Police Department, Williamson County Sheriff's Office and Boston College for comment.
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