GRAND ISLAND - Former Husker football player Erwin Swiney and another Texas man have been given Nebraska prison time for 41 pounds of marijuana.

The 30-year-old Swiney, of Cedar Hill, Texas, and 32-year-old Lavegeano Holmes, of Dallas, were sentenced Tuesday in Hall County. Both got two-five years for possession with intent to distribute and 12-13 months for not having a drug tax stamp. The sentences are to be served at the same time.

Their attorneys say they'll file appeals.

Court records say Swiney and Holmes were arrested Feb. 22, 2007, after a traffic stop on Interstate 80 near Grand Island in south-central Nebraska.

A search by the Nebraska State Patrol found the pot in luggage inside the vehicle.

Swiney was a Husker defensive back from 1997 through 2001.