Lawrence Phillips was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison stemming from a 2006 conviction of assault with a deadly weapon.\u00c2\u00a0\u00a0The sentenced was delayed for so long because of Phillips\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 repeated attempts to withdraw a 2000 conviction when he pled guilty to domestic abuse.\u00c2\u00a0\u00a0Now thatCalifornia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153three strikes\u00e2\u20ac\u009d rule is coming into play Phillips said he was coerced into the guilty plea eight years ago.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Phillips\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 claim to fame is football.\u00c2\u00a0\u00a0He led the Nebraska Cornhuskers to two National Championships, and in 1996 he rushed for 165 yards and two touchdowns in a Fiesta Bowl trouncing of\u00a0Florida.\u00c2\u00a0\u00a0Back then though the argument was whether he should have even been allowed to play.\u00c2\u00a0\u00a0Earlier that season he was put on probation when he dragged his girlfriend down a flight of stairs and smashed her head into a mailbox.\u00c2\u00a0Then\u00a0Nebraska\u00a0coach Tom Osborne said at the time, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I imagine by suspending him, I took several million dollars away from Lawrence Phillips. He\u2019s paid a price.\u201d\u00c2\u00a0He was drafted in the first round but never made it in the NFL.\u00c2\u00a0Professionally, he was got kicked off of just about every team he played for, including the\u00a0Rams, Dolphins, 49ers, Bobcats, Alouettes, Stampeders , Dragons.\u00c2\u00a0\u00a0Despite all his off -field shenanigans, he is most notorious for something he did, or rather, didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do on the field, missing a block\u2013it is said intentionally- -that resulted in a career ending concussion for 49ers quarterback Steve Young.\u00c2\u00a0Phillips didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make the news again until he was said to have sold a National Championship ring in Vegas for $20.\u00c2\u00a0And then in August of 2005, Phillips drove a stolen Honda onto a field near the LA Memorial Coliseum and hit a 19 year-old and two boys, ages 14 and 15.\u00c2\u00a0\u00a0He was apparently upset about the results of a pickup football game and accused the young men of stealing some of his possessions.\u00c2\u00a0\u00a0A grown man acting out like an enraged adolescent.\u00c2\u00a0\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Phillips was sorrowful in court and apologized to the boys he hit and who testified against him in the trial.\u00c2\u00a0\u00a0But this is one man who obviously never learned from his mistakes.\u00c2\u00a0\u00a0Even if Osborne (who has since become a\u00a0US\u00a0Senator) dealt with him properly the first time, there would likely have been little chance that Phillips\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 fate would turn out different.\u00c2\u00a0He is still attempting to withdraw his former convictions, but the judicial system would do best not to give him another chance to hurt someone.\u00c2\u00a0\u00a0He has already had too many.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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