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The former Rutgers football player charged in a series of home invasion and armed robberies has cut a deal that calls for 15-year state prison sentence.

Former Rutgers football player Tejay Johnson appears in Superior Court in New Brunswick on June 30, 2017.

Tejay Johnson, 26, of Egg Harbor Township, admitted to his role in the robberies, during which the group stole cash and drugs, sometimes at gunpoint, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey said in a release.

Johnson pleaded guilty last week before Superior Court Judge Dennis Nieves to three counts of armed robbery, three counts of armed burglary and three counts of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, authorities said.