Keith McCants

[PigskinPat 2,638]

So sad when this is what you've done with your life. He could have been set for life, but no.......

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Keith McCants arrested on crack charge when leaving St. Petersburg strip club

Published: Wednesday, December 08, 2010, 12:56 PM Updated: Wednesday, December 08, 2010, 3:11 PM

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View full sizeKeith McCants: Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers first-round draft pick, Mobile, Alabama, native and former University of Alabama star football player was arrested on a possession of cocaine charge early Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, as he was driving out of a strip club parking lot in St. Petersburg, Florida, police said.

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Share 57 Comments ST. PETERSBURG, Florida -- Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers first-round draft pick and Mobile, Alabama, native Keith McCants has been arrested in St. Petersburg and charged with possession of crack cocaine.

The 42-year-old McCants and a woman were stopped by police. Police say he pulled out of a strip club parking lot early Wednesday without stopping first.

Police spokesman Mike Puetz said officers saw a crack pipe in the center console of McCant's SUV and found one piece of crack cocaine in the woman's purse. Both were arrested.

The linebacker and defensive end was the fourth overall pick in the 1990 NFL Draft but was cut after three seasons. He was arrested on drug-related charges in Mobile, Ala., in May and June.

McCants was in jail Wednesday. Jail records listed no attorney information.

In June, McCants was arrested in Mobile on a charge of use and possession of drug paraphernalia, Mobile police said. It was at least the fourth arrest in less than a year for the former defensive player who starred at Murphy High School, then the University of Alabama before turning professional.

[Raven_tiger 5]

I remember seeing McCants at the 1989 IB. He was a man among boys. His size and speed were amazing. Promising NFL furture...all wasted, what a shame.

[AUn Collierville 1]

Wasn't he the one that said he wanted knock Ben Leard out of the game during the year Leard had missed several games due to a concussion?

I'm pretty sure he was the POS who made that comment.

Maybe he and Jimmy Johns can share a room at the cross-bars motel.

[Tigermike 3,744]

Keith has had problems for years. Maybe one day he will straighten his life out.

[Mike4AU 1,755]

If this dude does not straighten out, we will pick up the paper one day to read that he got killed in a drug deal gone bad. That will be his legacy.

[MDM4AU 338]

Wasn't he the one that said he wanted knock Ben Leard out of the game during the year Leard had missed several games due to a concussion?

I'm pretty sure he was the POS who made that comment.

Maybe he and Jimmy Johns can share a room at the cross-bars motel.

Not sure who you are talking about but it wasn't McCants. McCants was drafted in 1990. Leard was at Auburn 1996-2000.