Former New Orleans Saints star Darren Sharper had his motion to overthrow a plea deal he agreed to thrown out was denied according to Pro Football Talk. In 2016 Sharper was sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual assault charges in New Orleans.

Sharper was offered a deal by federal prosecutors that would put him behind bars for nine years, and he agreed to it. The judge rejected the motion, and he was instead sentenced to the 18 years that he is serving today.

“That change led Sharper to claim his attorneys left him in a position where he had to maintain the guilty plea in order to avoid state prosecutions that could use admissions from his previous plea against him. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo rejected his claim.”

Milazzo wrote that he rejected the plea because he was well represented and he said many times in court that he understood the terms of his agreement.

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“The record shows that Sharper knew the terms of his plea agreement and that his attorneys worked closely with him in counseling him throughout his case,” Milazzo wrote, via NOLA.com.

Sharper played for the Saints, Green Bay Packers, and Minnesota Vikings during his NFL career and was a key in the Saints 2009 Super Bowl victory. After retiring, he was an analyst for NFL Network before he was arrested.

Sharper is currently housed in a federal prison in Otisville, New York and is set to be released from custody in February of 2030.