Updated: March 11, 2009, 11:30 PM ET
Hobbs headed to prison on drug charge
CLARKSVILLE, Texas -- Former TCU running back Lonta Hobbs has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to a drug charge.
Red River County District Attorney Val Varley said the 25-year-old Hobbs was caught on tape making a drug deal with a confidential informant near the Clarksville High School football stadium where he once played. Hobbs pleaded guilty Monday to delivery of a controlled substance, cocaine.
Hobbs rushed for 1,383 yards and scored 17 touchdowns for TCU from 2004-06.
He worked as a coach and assistant teacher for the high school until his arrest in March 2008.
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press
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