Former NFL RB Lawrence Phillips suspected of killing prison cellmate

[bluedigger]

FRESNO, Calif. -- Former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips is suspected of killing his cellmate in a Central California prison, officials said Monday.

Phillips' cellmate at Kern Valley State Prison was found lifeless early Saturday and later pronounced dead, prison spokesman Lt. Marshall Denning said in a statement.

Phillips, 39, was once one of the nation's top college football players at Nebraska. He played for the St. Louis Rams, until being released in 1997 for insubordination. He also played for the Miami Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers.

Phillips is serving a sentence of more than 31 years. He was convicted of twice choking his girlfriend in 2005 in San Diego and later that year of driving his car into three teens after a pickup football game in Los Angeles. It wasn't clear whether Phillips has an attorney.

He is suspected of killing Damion Soward, a 37-year-old inmate from San Bernardino County serving 82 years to life for a first-degree murder conviction.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12685376/lawrence-phillips-former-nfl-running-back-suspected-killing-prison-cellmate

I'm starting to think he's not going to turn it around.

[trumad]

1. "I'm starting to think he's not going to turn it around".

[madinmaryland]

3. Yeah. That has to be one of the biggest understatements in the Sports Group in a long time!!

DUzy worthy!!

[Auggie]

2. Phillips caused Steve Young's early retirement

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In a Monday Night Game during week three of the 1999 season, Phillips missed a block during a passing play (one of many that season) on the Cardinal's cornerback Aeneas Williams. Williams leveled the quarterback, causing a severe concussion that ended Young's season and career.

It was not a singular mistake. Phillips' lackadaisical play kept him off the field for nearly all passing downs. He began to lose interest and openly mocking coaches directives. He was suspended just after mid-season by the 49ers "for conduct detrimental to the team" and waived soon after. Phillips was one of Bill Walsh's biggest mistakes as GM.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Phillips

Domestic abuse ... felony assault ... and now the murder. He'll rot in prison.

[mythology]

4. Why would you kill somebody who is locked in a small cell with you?

It kind of narrows the suspect pool down.

[hughee99]

5. If people in jail thought ahead, many wouldn't be in there in the first place. n/t

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. Well, if I was in a "kill or be killed" situation, I would totally consider it.