Ex-RB Hambrick gets five years in prison for selling crack cocaine
Associated Press
Updated: May 13, 2008, 12:17 PM ET
TAMPA, Fla. -- A Tampa judge has sentenced former NFL running back Troy Hambrick to five years in prison for selling crack cocaine.
The former
Dallas Cowboys and
Arizona Cardinals player was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday.
Hambrick pleaded guilty on Feb. 26 to one count of distributing 50 grams or more of crack cocaine.
Court documents show Hambrick sold the drugs in 2007 to confidential informants near his home in Lacoochee, about 40 miles north of Tampa.
Hambrick's NFL career spanned five seasons. His best year was 2003 when he rushed for 972 yards and five touchdowns for Dallas.
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press
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