Art Schlichter, Now
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Soon after being drafted, a gambling addiction dating back to his high school days started to catch up with him. He blew his entire $350,000 signing bonus by the midway point of his rookie year, and was suspended for the following season for gambling. He was out of the league after two more seasons, then was arrested countless times. In 2011, police arrested Schlichter for his part in a sports tickets scheme, earning him a sentence of 11 years. As of December 2017, Schlichter was in a South Carolina prison, scheduled to be released in October 2020.