Former Las Vegas Raiders receiver Henry Ruggs III is training and hoping for a second chance at an NFL career, Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs — a former teammate of Ruggs’ at Alabama and in Las Vegas — said Wednesday on the “Pivot Podcast” hosted by Ryan Clark, Fred Taylor and Channing Crowder.
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Jacobs said he has “real love” for Ruggs and keeps in close contact with the former receiver while he serves a prison sentence of three to 10 years after pleading guilty to a felony drunken-driving charge in a 2021 car crash that killed a woman and her dog.
Ruggs is first eligible for parole on Aug. 5, 2026, and Jacobs said he’s been talking to teams on Ruggs’ behalf and that “a couple teams” seem “willing to give him a chance.”
“When you get that chance man, don’t look back,” Jacobs said he told Ruggs.
“One decision don’t define you and who you are as a man.”
Ruggs, 26, and Jacobs, 27, overlapped at for two seasons at Alabama (2017, 2018) and in Las Vegas (2020, 2021).
In November 2021, Ruggs was involved in the fatal crash that killed 23-year-old Tina Tintor. Las Vegas Metro Police said Ruggs “showed signs of impairment” after they responded to the collision, and that Ruggs’ blood-alcohol content was 0.16, more than twice Nevada’s legal limit, according to the police report. Authorities said Ruggs was driving his Corvette at speeds as fast as 156 miles per hour at 3:40 a.m. when he crashed into Tintor’s SUV.
The Raiders released Ruggs hours after the crash.
Jacobs said he was originally supposed to hang out with Ruggs that night — “It wasn’t nowhere crazy, (Ruggs) went to Topgolf” — but “it got late” so Jacobs decided not to go. Jacobs said he was later woken up to calls from his lawyers saying, “Tell Ruggs we got him. We’re going to represent him.”
Ruggs hired attorney David Chesnoff, who earlier in 2021 represented Jacobs when he was charged with “failure to exercise due care” after a one-car accident in the early morning after the team’s season finale.
After hearing the news, Jacobs said he “instantly” got mad and went to Ruggs’ house.
“When I start finding out more about the story and how they were supposedly racing I’m like, ‘Who was he with?’ But he was with his family,” Jacobs said. “I went to his house. I had some words with some people and I’m just like man, y’all got to understand bro, like he’s the breadwinner of the family. He’s the one. He’s the one changing all of your lives.
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“Not only that, he’s a good kid. He’s never been in trouble. I’ve never seen him do nothing crazy. He was just one of them guys that had a very, very unfortunate situation and something happened from a decision that he made. That’s what hurt me the most because he’s not someone you look at and be like, ‘Bro you deserve this to happen to you.’”
Ruggs was the No. 12 pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. He had 50 catches for 921 yards and four touchdowns in 20 career games with the Raiders.
(Photo of Ruggs and Jacobs in 2020: Ethan Miller / Getty Images)
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