joewilly12 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Ryan Leaf released from prison in Montana By Frank SchwabDecember 4, 2014 5:26 PMShutdown Corne View photo . (Montana Department of Corrections web site) Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf's sad tale, from on-the-field disappointment to off-the-field troubles, can perhaps start on a path to a better ending now. Leaf was released from prison in Montana on Wednesday and placed under the supervision of Great Falls Probation and Parole, a Montana state official told the Great Falls Tribune. Leaf's page on the Montana Department of Corrections site confirmed that. He spent about two years in prison. [Join FanDuel.com's $2.25M Week 14 fantasy league: $25 to enter; top 20,675 teams paid] Leaf was sentenced to five years in prison stemming from a 2012 case in which he was arrested twice in one weekend for breaking into homes in Great Falls and stealing prescription drugs, the Great Falls Tribune said. He was sentenced to a treatment center, but was sent to prison less than eight months later after allegedly threatening a program staffer and violating conditions of his treatment plan, the paper said. Leaf was given a five-year suspended sentence in Texas for drug offenses but the Great Falls Tribune reported, via the Associated Press, that Leaf is unlikely to face more prison time in Texas. When Leaf was quarterbacks coach at West Texas A&M, he was accused of burglarizing a player's home in 2008, and he was found to have illegally obtained almost 1,000 pain pills from area pharmacies, the report said. The Great Falls Tribune said Leaf was granted parole in May pending "a completion of an intensive chemical dependency treatment program," which he completed in August. Leaf had an NFL career that is still talked about today, because he's considered one of the greatest busts in draft history. Selected second after Peyton Manning in 1998, he played just three seasons with the San Diego Chargers and Dallas Cowboys. Known for his poor attitude and poor play, he had 14 touchdowns and 36 interceptions. His teams were 4-17 in games he started. He vanished off the NFL radar pretty quickly, especially for a No. 2 overall pick. Leaf's post-NFL life has obviously been pretty rocky. He's out on parole now, and hopefully things will start to turn around for him. - - - - - - - Frank Schwab is the editor of Shutdown Corner on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him atshutdowncorner@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @YahooSchwab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obrien2Toon Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 I have trouble sleeping thinking about the mistakes I made and the regrets I have, but can you imagine what this guy must go through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flgreen Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 I have trouble sleeping thinking about the mistakes I made and the regrets I have, but can you imagine what this guy must go through. WOW Your not kidding. This guy was signed to a 4 year $31,000,000 contract. $11,500,000 rookie signing bonus. here he is stealing drugs from houses. WOW talk about a fall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornfed Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Sign this beast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 i bet he's still got it in him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetgreen13 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 I have trouble sleeping thinking about the mistakes I made and the regrets I have, but can you imagine what this guy must go through.no, i can't.. my goodness.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsFanInDenver Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Sign this creep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j4jets Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 I have trouble sleeping thinking about the mistakes I made and the regrets I have, but can you imagine what this guy must go through. Hence the pain kill meds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j4jets Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 i bet he's still got it in him Better than Geno? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelticwizard Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Whatever ego problems he had starting out, it is obvious his main problem is he can't keep off the stuff. Face it, there were a lot of addicted players in the league, especially when Leaf was playing, who managed to keep it to the level that they could function. But Leaf didn't have a monkey on his back, he had a gorilla. (Got that line from an old movie, I forget which one). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsRiverJet Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Sign this beast! Keep Woody away from him... All he wants is the back page.. Down Boy, Down Boy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Better than Geno? I was referring to his drug habbit lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Really a shame. For a while it looked like he had finally gotten his life together too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 WOW Your not kidding. This guy was signed to a 4 year $31,000,000 contract. $11,500,000 rookie signing bonus. here he is stealing drugs from houses. WOW talk about a fall WOW!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Anyone know when we are working him out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sperm Edwards Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Anyone know when we are working him out? The week after we give Andre Wadsworth one more go at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 The week after we give Andre Wadsworth one more go at it. That was a good scoop for us back in the day: http://www.jetnation.com/2007/03/03/andre-wadsworth-to-the-jets/ We had that first, nobody else knew anything about it. I remember all the beat reporters mentioning "rumors" and not crediting us at all. Not cool. A guy that worked for him posted here. He sent me a message saying why is nobody reporting this, we are all talking about it at work. I did a call with him, verified his story, called his agent and ran that story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 he could still do 3 years in texas dummy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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