Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf has been indicted by a Randall County grand jury on drug and burglary charges.
The indictment was handed up Wednesday in Canyon. It 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 delivery of a simulated controlled substance.
Canyon police Lt. Dale Davis said Leaf is suspected of breaking into a Canyon apartment on Oct. 30 and stealing the painkiller Hydrocodone, which had been prescribed to an injured football player.
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 think the evidence will show that he obtained drugs in various ways from various individuals or by using prescription that were not his,” Randall County District Attorney James
Leaf played in the NFL from 1998-2001, a career considered one of the most tumultuous and biggest busts in league history after being chosen second overall by the Chargers in the 1998 draft. Quarterback Peyton Manning was chosen first by Indianapolis.
“It's sad when someone with a lot of talent finds himself in this situation,” Farren said. “At the same time, we don't have special rules for special people, and I'm just doing my job. I didn't relish the opportunity to take Ryan Leaf to a grand jury.”
Leaf could not be reached for comment.
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