Former NFL QB Ryan Leaf indicted 8 hours, 52 minutes ago PrintCANYON, Texas (AP)?Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf has been indicted by a Randall County grand jury on drug and burglary charges. The indictment handed up Wednesday in Canyon charged the 33-year-old former San Diego Chargers quarterback and former West Texas A&M quarterbacks coach with one count of burglary to a habitation, seven counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and one count of delivery of a simulated controlled substance. The indictment said Leaf presented an incomplete medical history to several physicians between January 2008 and September 2008 to get or try to obtain the painkiller Hydrocodone. It was not clear whether Leaf had an attorney. Canyon police Lt. Dale Davis said Leaf is suspected of breaking into a Canyon apartment on Oct. 30 and stealing Hydrocodone, which had been prescribed to an injured football player. ?There were signs of a forced entry,? Davis said. ?A window in the back of the home was (damaged).? The count of delivery of a simulated controlled substance alleges Leaf gave an individual a substance he said was Hydrocodone but was not that drug. James Farren, Randall County criminal district attorney, said Leaf has been undergoing drug rehabilitation in British Columbia, the Amarillo Globe-News reported. Farren told the newspaper that efforts were under way to try to convince Leaf to return to the United States on his own. ?We have not found any evidence implicating anyone other than Mr. Leaf in this case ? but believe there?s additional evidence implicating him in other events,? Farren said. He would not elaborate. Leaf, a Great Falls, Mont., native, led Washington State to the Pacific-10 Conference championship and Rose Bowl appearance. The Chargers made him the second pick of the 1998 NFL draft. He played for the Chargers from 1998-2000 and also played for the Dallas Cowboys in 2001. He threw for 3,666 yards and 14 touchdowns in his career Gatuitous Linky
Well, the collapse is now complete. What a shame. I can't believe he was once considered to be the better choice over Peyton Manning.
I like your avatar, but why is Herm Edwards on it? I know he was no genius by any means, but isn't there a better candidate for your avatar? I'm only 20 and followed the team since 1998, so I only recognize Kotite (out of the older coaches) up there. I know theres got to be a worse coach than Herm in all of Jets history...
Hilarious picture and story of Ryan Leaf. http://deadspin.com/5181165/ryan-leaf-used-to-be-carried-in-the-arms-of-cheerleaders-update
I remember when Leaf got drafted they asked him if he was going to miss his home state of Montana and he said he wouldn't because he hated Montana. I was like, WTF? Usually people from places like that go and on about how much they love it and stuff even if they don't mean it. And there is no sensible reason for pissing off the people you are going to see when you go back to visit relatives. So right there I was wondering if there was something wrong with this guy.
That is truly sad. I've made jokes about the guy when talking about busts, but put this right up there with the Colts' Art Schlichter. They're both self-inflicted tragedies, which is always different in my mind than being a true victim because it's all about choice; but much like the Maurice Clarrett implosion, dunno, I don't feel moved to laugh. Yeah, yea, 'Mo Carlett is the steal of the draft', I know, I know...; but not having a friend in the world and being reduced to being practically homeless, nobody cared? Apparently not.
