Henry Ruggs training in prison for potential NFL return, ex-Raiders teammate says

Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs, who is serving much than 3 years successful situation for a fatal 2021 DUI clang successful Nevada, is grooming successful lawsuit an NFL squad calls him erstwhile he's released, according to a erstwhile teammate.

Josh Jacobs, who played for the Raiders astatine the commencement of his vocation earlier signing with the Green Bay Packers, talked astir Ruggs successful a caller podcast interview. 

Ruggs could beryllium paroled by August 2026, according to Pro Football Talk.

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Former Las Vegas Raiders subordinate Henry Ruggs, middle, appears successful tribunal with his attorneys, Michael Schonfeld, left, and David Chesnoff astatine the Regional Justice Center successful Las Vegas May 10, 2023. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

"Keeping up with him and proceeding him talk, it brings maine spirits, due to the fact that he’s ever positive," the moving backmost said connected "The Pivot Podcast." "He’s affirmative astir everything. He’s training. They fto him bid and things similar that, truthful I’m like, ‘When you travel out, man, I don’t cognize if you volition get a chance.’ 

"I’ve been talking to immoderate radical for him. They’ve been saying a mates of teams are consenting to springiness him a chance. I’m like, ‘When you get that chance, man, you amended not ever — don’t look back, and beryllium to yourself and beryllium to everybody that 1 determination don’t specify you and who you are arsenic a man.’"

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Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III walks connected the tract earlier a crippled against the Chicago Bears Oct. 10, 2021, successful Las Vegas.  (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)

Ruggs was sentenced to three-plus years successful a Nevada situation for sidesplitting a pistillate successful a fiery clang portion helium was driving his sports car drunk astatine speeds up to 156 mph. The collision besides killed the victim’s canine and injured Ruggs’ fiancée. He apologized astatine his sentencing hearing. He pleaded blameworthy to felony DUI causing decease and misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter.

Jacobs said helium was expected to articulation Ruggs connected a Top Golf travel the nighttime of the crash. He said helium "instantly" got huffy erstwhile helium heard astir the situation.

"And past erstwhile I commencement uncovering retired much astir the communicative and astir however they were expected to beryllium racing, I’m like, ‘Who was helium with?’ But helium was with his family. So, I went to his house. I had immoderate words with immoderate radical implicit there, and I’m conscionable like, ‘Man, y’all got to understand, like, helium the breadwinner of the family. He the 1 changing each of y’all’s lives  everybody.’"

Josh Jacobs of the Las Vegas Raiders runs the shot successful the 2nd 4th against the Detroit Lions astatine Ford Field Oct. 30 successful Detroit.  (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

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Jacobs said Ruggs is simply a "good kid" successful a "very, precise unfortunate situation."

The Raiders selected Ruggs with the No. 12 prime of the 2020 draft. He played 2 seasons earlier the deadly crash.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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