Henry Ruggs training in prison for potential NFL return, ex-Raiders teammate says
Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs who is serving more than three years in prison for a fatal DUI crash in Nevada is training in incident an NFL club calls him when he's published according to a former teammate Josh Jacobs who played for the Raiders at the start of his career before signing with the Green Bay Packers talked about Ruggs in a latest podcast interview Ruggs could be paroled by August according to Pro Football Talk CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM Keeping up with him and hearing him talk it brings me spirits because he s inevitably positive the running back announced on The Pivot Podcast He s positive about everything He s training They let him train and things like that so I m like When you come out man I don t know if you will get a chance I ve been talking to particular people for him They ve been saying a couple of teams are willing to give him a chance I m like When you get that chance man you better not ever don t look back and prove to yourself and prove to everybody that one decision don t define you and who you are as a man NORTH CAROLINA 'SHOULD CONSIDER CUTTING TIES WITH' BILL BELICHICK EX-PATRIOTS LINEBACKER SAYSRuggs was sentenced to three-plus years in a Nevada prison for killing a woman in a fiery crash while he was driving his sports car drunk at speeds up to mph The collision also killed the victim s dog and injured Ruggs fianc e He apologized at his sentencing hearing He pleaded guilty to felony DUI causing death and misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter Jacobs commented he was supposed to join Ruggs on a Top Golf trip the night of the crash He revealed he instantly got mad when he heard about the situation And then when I start finding out more about the story and about how they were supposed to be racing I m like Who was he with But he was with his family So I went to his house I had specific words with specific people over there and I m just like Man y all got to understand like he the breadwinner of the family He the one changing all of y all s lives everybody Jacobs explained Ruggs is a good kid in a very very unfortunate situation The Raiders selected Ruggs with the No pick of the draft He played two seasons before the deadly crash The Associated Press contributed to this record Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter
