PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf was
arrested in Southern California on Friday.
Leaf, 44, was arrested on a domestic battery charge in Palm Desert,
which is about 110 miles southeast of Los Angeles,
according to booking information provided by the Riverside County
Sheriff’s Department on Saturday. Leaf is being held on $5,000 bail
at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility.
It wasn’t immediately known if Leaf had a lawyer who could speak on
his behalf.
Leaf finished third in Heisman Trophy voting in 1997 and led
Washington State to the Rose Bowl. He was drafted by the San Diego
Chargers as the No. 2 pick in 1998, but he was only 4-14 as a
starter in three seasons. He was 0-3 with the Dallas Cowboys in
2001 and finished his four-year career with 14 touchdown passes and
36 interceptions.
He was arrested in 2012 for breaking into a home in Montana to
steal prescription drugs, which violated his Texas probation and
led to prison.
Last July, Leaf was hired by ESPN to be a football analyst. Leaf
worked for the Pac-12 Network last season and has been co-hosting a
show on SiriusXM’s Pac-12 channel.
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