Lawrence Phillips could go to jail instead of his first NFL training camp following his arrest for drunken driving.
Phillips, the St. Louis Rams' top draft pick who's on probation for assaulting a former girlfriend, was arrested Thursday by the California Highway Patrol. Police said he was driving 80 mph on a flat tire and straddling freeway lanes shortly after 2 a.m.According to Gary Lacey, the Nebraska attorney who prosecuted Phillips, the running back could go to jail if he is convicted of drunken driving and a Nebraska judge decides to impose such a penalty for violating his probation.
A jail term for Phillips is possible based on assault and trespassing charges related to last year's attack on his ex-girlfriend.