Keith McCants Arrested On Drug Charge

CHATTBRIT said:

Unfortunately, McCants can only really get help if he wants it. If he is forced into treatment it will be a waste of time. I would just hope there are some alumni who are in a position to help him help himself. Many prayers.

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selmaborntidefan said:

This just saddens me - yet again....



http://www.tbo.com/blogs/bucs/2018/06/25/ex-bucs-de-keith-mccants-arrested-facing-cocaine-charge/


Former Alabama star and Bucs defensive end Keith McCants was arrested in St. Petersburg early Monday morning and is facing a felony charge of possession of crack cocaine, according to arrest records.

McCants, 50, was arrested by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office and booked at 4:24 a.m. Monday. He is being held on $2,000 bond on the felony cocaine charge, and an additional $150 for a second offense of driving with his license suspended or revoked.

It's his ninth local arrest over four different counties since 2010. "Learn from me," he pleaded to modern players in the Sporting News in 2011 in detailing his battle with drug addiction after his football career.

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bamamc1 said:

Just reading about the multiple surgeries and all of the injury issues, I'm quite sure he was given prescription pain killers by the hand full. Then, when your career is over, you're left with an addiction and no money to fund it. Heard Del Greco and Jay Barker talk about this on the OD (Lord, I miss them) and they said on the flights home from road games, the team doctors would hand them out like candy. When you can't afford the pain killers you end up on crack and the other less expensive stuff. Hate this for him and hope he seeks treatment soon.

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TRU said:

"Cocaine - It's a helluva drug..." Dave Chapelle as Rick James

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230kv_barehand said:

Actually Rick said it himself in that skit

McCants was one of my most favorite Bama LB'ers too. He was a beast on the field. I love how ESPN put it in their top news, to me it was a shot at us and then they act like this is breaking news. Most of the Bama fans under 35 have no idea who he is. Sadly he has been a crack/coke fiend for a long time now. I hope he does spend time in jail so he is forced to get off of that crap. Yea he might get back on it when he's released, but I'm glad for now he has to stay off depending on his sentence. I've always rooted for him to beat this and always will, but I won't act surprised like ESPN did when/if he's caught again.

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