Former first-round NFL draft pick Kellen Winslow Jr. has been convicted of raping a 58-year-old homeless woman last year north of San Diego.

Fox News reports a jury returned the verdict in San Diego Superior Court in Vista. However, a judge declared a mistrial on eight remaining rape and sexual assault charges.

Winslow, 35, was convicted of rape, lewd behaviour and indecent exposure for his treatment of three women; a homeless 58-year-old, a 57-year-old who he flashed while she was gardening, and a 77-year-old who said he masturbated in front of in a hot tub at the gym.

media_camera Kellen Winslow could be jailed for the rest of his life. Picture: Supplied

He was also facing allegations from two other women; one who said he raped her in 2003 when she was 17 and he was 19, and a 54-year-old hitchhiker who also said he raped her.

He was also accused of breaking into the homes of two elderly women, one aged 86 and one aged 71.

The jury also found Winslow, who played for Cleveland, Tampa Bay, New England and the New York Jets and appeared in the 2008 Pro Bowl, guilty of indecent exposure and lewd conduct, but found him not guilty of one count of a lewd act, which prosecutors had said happened in front of a 77-year-old woman in a hot tub in nearby Carlsbad.

media_camera Sitting in Superior Court in Vista, Kellen Winslow, Jr., is flanked by his three defence lawyer, Brian Watkins. Picture: AP

All five women testified during the nine-day trial.

Winslow, the son of Hall of Fame tight end Kellen Winslow, did not take the stand.

Prosecutors said Winslow felt empowered by his fame to abuse the most vulnerable. Prosecutor Dan Owens told the jury of eight men and four women that Winslow is a “wolf in sheep’s clothing.”

media_camera Kellen Winslow has been found guilty of rape. Picture: Supplied

The five women testified that they didn’t know Winslow was famous when they met him.

The homeless woman in Encinitas, who was 58 at the time, testified that he befriended her and attacked her next to his vehicle after inviting her for a coffee in May 2018.

A 54-year-old hitchhiker said he drove her to an Encinitas shopping centre parking lot and raped her in his Hummer in March 2018.

That summer, a 57-year-old woman said he exposed himself to her while she tended to her garden.

media_camera Kellen Winslow played NFL and is married to Janelle Winslow. Picture: Supplied

After news of the attacks broke, a woman came forward and said Winslow had raped her when she was a 17-year-old high school student in 2003.

He was 19 at the time and had come home from college for the summer.

She said she passed out at a party in a San Diego suburb and woke up to find Winslow assaulting her.

A 77-year-old woman who went to the same gym as Winslow in the beach community of Carlsbad said he committed lewd acts in front of her, including touching himself in the facility’s hot tub, while Winslow was free on $2 million bail in February.

media_camera Former NFL football player Kellen Winslow Jr. Picture: AP

Prosecutors said the crux of the women’s stories didn’t change and that evidence included traces of Winslow’s DNA on one of the accuser’s pants and GPS locations placing him where the women said the assaults unfolded.

Defence lawyer Marc Carlos questioned the credibility of the women’s claims, saying they had lied, misconstrued things or were unable to initially identify him correctly.

Defence lawyers also said the sex was consensual and that Winslow had cheated on his wife repeatedly with no-strings-attached sex.

This article originally appeared on Fox News and is republished here with permission