Former NFL wide receiver Sam Hurd has been sentenced to 15 years for his role in a drug-distribution scheme. Hurd received the punishment Wednesday in a federal courtroom in Dallas. He pleaded guilty in April to one count of trying to buy and distribute cocaine and marijuana, which carries a sentence of 10 years to life in prison. Authorities say that while NFL teammates and friends knew Hurd as a hardworking wide receiver and married father, he was fashioning a separate identity as a wannabe drug kingpin. He was arrested in December 2011 outside a suburban Chicago steakhouse after he tried to buy cocaine in what turned out to be a sting. At the time, Hurd was a wide receiver with stints for the Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:59:18 +0000