guard from the University of Iowa, Verba was a first-team All-Big Ten player in 1996.
He was released by the Lions on February 28, 2007, after spending eight games inactive with various injuries [6] and being placed on injured reserve.
Verba was arrested on January 4, 2007, in Wisconsin on a felony warrant for writing bad checks in Nevada and released one day later.
According to the Wisconsin State Patrol, Nevada authorities lifted the warrant after Verba resolved a misunderstanding regarding an outstanding debt[7] of $50,000 at the Wynn Las Vegas casino.
[8] Subsequently, Verba was arrested in 2009 on another Nevada warrant for failing to pay a $26,000 gambling debt at the Palms Resort and Casino.