Spillman gets 5-year prison term for sex assault

C.J. SpillmanFORT WORTH, Texas — Former Cowboys special teams player and Marshall standout C.J. Spillman has been sentenced to five years in prison for a conviction on a sexual assault charge from a 2014 incident at a Dallas-area hotel.

A Tarrant County jury deliberated a little over an hour before sentencing Spillman in Fort Worth on Friday. Jurors had deliberated less than two hours Thursday before returning a conviction.

Spillman could have gotten from two to 20 years in prison or probation.

Grapevine police say a woman reported that Spillman raped her on Sept. 20, 2014, at the Gaylord Texan Resort, where he was staying. Testifying in his own defense Thursday, Spillman acknowledged having…