Ryan Leaf can go ahead and scratch his name off the list of ex-professional athletes who are being less than productive to society in jail.
The former NFL quarterback has just been released three years ahead of schedule from a Montana correctional facility, which has been his home since 2012 for stealing prescription drugs from another player’s residence.
Reports Great Falls Tribune
Former football star Ryan Leaf was released from prison Wednesday and placed under the supervision of Great Falls Probation and Parole, a Montana state official said.
Judy Beck, a public information officer with the Montana Department of Corrections, said Leaf has already made his first appointment with a parole officer.
Beck also stated there is “nothing definite” set when it comes to Leaf’s case in Texas. Parole analyst Timothy Allred previously told the Great Falls Tribune that if Texas authorities chose to bring Leaf back to Texas it could take up to six months for him to be transferred.
The Associated Press reported earlier that it’s unlikely Leaf will have to serve any more time in prison in Texas. On Aug. 27, Texas state District Judge John B. Board sentenced Leaf to five years suspended in each of two drug cases stemming from his time in Texas, where he was quarterbacks coach at West Texas A&M.
Let us know if Ryan Leaf released from prison so early constitutes as #CrimingWhileWhite or nah.
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