Former NIU All-American LeShon Johnson was convicted of six felony counts of possessing dogs for use in an animal-fighting venture. He was acquitted of 17 similar counts.

He was found guilty last week of violating the federal Animal Welfare Act’s prohibitions against possessing, selling, transporting and delivering animals to be used in fighting ventures by a federal judge in Oklahoma.

Federal investigators said that they had seized 190 pit-bull-type dogs from the former running back, who previously pleaded guilty to state dogfighting charges in 2004.