Henry Ruggs III had a promising future within the NFL. After being the primary large receiver drafted in 2020, he performed two seasons with the Las Vegas Raiders. However the NFL star has ruined his profession in a matter of seconds. Ruggs has been behind bars for inflicting a lethal automotive accident since August 2023. So what’s life behind bars actually like for him? The previous athlete is spending his days coaching exhausting, staying centered on a comeback, and displaying he is not achieved with soccer simply but.

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In November 2021, Ruggs was driving his Chevrolet Corvette Stingray along with his girlfriend and mom of his younger daughter at speeds reaching 156 mph in a forty five mph space when he collided with one other automobile, inflicting it to burst into flames. The 23-year-old driver, Tina Tintor, and her canine died within the hearth. In Might 2023, he agreed to plead responsible to a DUI ensuing dying cost and was later sentenced to a few to 10 years in jail. This implies he’ll be between 27 and 34 when he is launched.

Prosecutors opted to strike a deal as a result of Ruggs’ protection workforce had been combating to stop his blood pattern, which confirmed his blood alcohol stage was twice the authorized restrict, from being utilized in courtroom, a chance prosecutors did not need to danger, KRNV Information 4 reported. Six months after the accident, the previous sports activities star spent a month in a psychological well being facility in California receiving therapy for PTSD, Fox5 KVVU-TV reported. A few of Ruggs’ former teammates have supported him since then and are doing what they will to make sure he’ll have a future when he will get out. 

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Henry Ruggs would not know when he’ll be launched from jail, however it might be as early as August 2026. That is when he’ll first be eligible for parole. And he hopes to get again on the soccer discipline. His former teammate at the Alabama Crimson Tide and later the Las Vegas Raiders, Josh Jacobs, revealed Ruggs has been coaching on the Stewart Conservation Camp in Nevada to spice up his probabilities of a second probability. “He is optimistic about every little thing. He is coaching. They let him practice and issues like that,” he stated on “The Pivot Podcast” in April.

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Jacobs plans to do no matter he can to assist him make his comeback. Actually, he already is. “I have been speaking to some individuals for him,” he stated. “They have been saying a few groups are keen to present him an opportunity.” He hopes Ruggs is in a position to return to taking part in and that he makes use of the chance to rise above his horrible mistake. “I am like, ‘While you get that probability, man, you higher not ever, do not look again, and show to your self and show to all people that one choice do not outline you and who you’re as a person,'” he added.

Apart from coaching, Ruggs additionally works on the Nevada Governor’s Mansion in Carson Metropolis, incomes $2.50 an hour, KLAS 8 Information Now reported in Might 2024. He can work exterior of jail as a result of he is categorised as a neighborhood trusty, an inmate deemed low danger for escape and misbehavior.

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