Former Yankees’ standout pitcher Brien Taylor is widely accepted as one of the biggest disappointments in Major League Baseball history.
Now, he’s known as one of the game’s most notorious criminals.
This week, the former number 1 pick will be sentenced to between 5 and 40 years in prison after he pleaded guilty this summer to distributing crack cocaine.
Now 40, Taylor has been incarcerated since his March arrest.
What was once a promising start to a young career has turned into the latest tragic story of a former pro getting himself involved in the wrong side of the law.
Here’s a look back at 10 other players who are now serving time in prison.
Ugeth Urbina
The former closer was sentenced in Venezuela in 2007 to 14-plus years in prison for the attempted murder of five workers on his ranch.
The attacks by several men were particularly severe—involving machetes and pouring gasoline on their victims. Their crime? Urbina accused them of stealing a gun from him.
Dave Meggett
Meggett was sentenced to 30 years in 2010 for criminal sexual conduct and burglary stemming from an encounter he had with a college student the year before. His defense argued that the sex was consensual.
The three-time All-Pro and one-time Super Bowl champion’s legacy has been overshadowed by a series of troubling episodes during his playing days and afterward. In 2007, he was convicted of misdemeanor sexual battery and served a two-year probation period.
Lawrence Phillips
In 2008, the former running back was sentenced to 10 years (eventually reduced to 7) in prison on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon.
Three years earlier, he drove onto a field and struck three kids with his car. Reports indicated that he was upset after losing a pickup football game and then suspected them of stealing from his possessions. In 2009, Phillips was sentenced to 25 years in prison on the 2009 convictions, for a total term of more than 31 years.
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