Dom DiSandro’s name has been pulled into a fresh round of online speculation after Emmanuel Acho described a past crash-and-reporting situation involving a team security staffer and local police.
DiSandro, better known around the NFL as “Big Dom,” has been the Philadelphia Eagles’ chief security officer for years. He also serves as senior advisor to the general manager and director of gameday coaching operations.
His profile grew much larger in 2023, when he got into a sideline altercation with San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw. Greenlaw had tackled Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith near the Philadelphia sideline, words were exchanged, and DiSandro stepped onto the white boundary stripe to separate the players.
DiSandro put his hands on Greenlaw, and both men were ejected. The league also handed DiSandro a multi-game sideline ban.
Now his name is surfacing again, this time because of Acho’s comments on his Speakeasy Podcast. Acho said he was discussing how professional sports franchises operate behind the scenes when he brought up a vehicular accident he had while playing. He did not identify the team, but he did say, “I’m playing for a team, I can’t say what team,” and added, “I played for three so, at least you all can’t know exactly which one.”
Acho explained that he rear-ended another driver while heading to practice and called “one of our security people” from the team he played for. He then described what that person allegedly told him to do: “When the cop shows up, send the cop away.
I’m going to send you another cop. And that other cop is going to say it wasn’t your fault.
It was their fault.”
The story quickly started getting mapped onto DiSandro because of his long run as the Eagles’ security chief, even though no direct evidence has tied him to Acho’s account. Some observers have pointed to Acho’s NFL timeline, which ran from 2012 to 2015, and to practice-facility locations in trying to narrow down which franchise he meant. That process has led some to the Eagles as the most likely fit.
Still, the reporting around the anecdote stops well short of proving anything about DiSandro. The connection remains speculative, built on timing, team structure, and guesswork rather than anything verified. If there is ever a league inquiry, the person who has handled the Eagles’ security operation since 1999 would be an obvious place to start looking.
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