Terrell Owens says he still can be a 1,200-yard receiver, but that's not the figure that interests the IRS.
TMZ Sports is reporting that the 41-year-old, out-of-work wide receiver still owes more than $100,000 in federal income taxes from 2013.
Terrell Owens says he could gain 1,200 yards as an NFL wide receiver right now
According to TMZ Sports, official documents in the Los Angeles County Recorder's Office indicate that Owens owes $107,297.60. TMZ added that Owens has had at least four other tax liens and still has one of those liens outstanding.
Owens told TMZ that he is in the process of working with the IRS to handle the debt and clear his name. He said previously that one of the reasons he agreed to appear on NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice," - besides the $16,000 he reportedly received for his time - was that he was hoping to learn about money management from Donald Trump.
Terrell Owens explains how he lost the $80 million he made in the NFL
TMZ reported that Trump told the news site Owens was a good student.
No reports have surfaced about Owens putting in an application to attend the first-ever NFL veteran combine next month, but his physical skills likely have little to do with the reason he hasn't played since 2010.
The boisterous Owens has a reputation of wearing out his welcome at every stop he makes and is a rumored locker room cancer, which he refutes.
According to a 2010 ESPN report, Owens defended himself against the stigma.
"I've heard a lot of the reasons why I'm not on a team right now," Owens told the NFL Network on Friday. "It's because people feel I've disrupted some teams, I'm a cancer -- I've heard all those things. They've said that for the last five, six years. The teams I've been on, if you ask in that locker room how I've been as a teammate and as a person, it's contradictory to what's been displayed out there."
There's no reason to think Owens is any more attractive five years later, so he may have to rely on more advice from Trump to help him with his finances?
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