Henry Ruggs Biography
Henry Ruggs III is a former American football wide receiver who spent two seasons in the National Football League. Ruggs was chosen in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft by the Las Vegas Raiders.
Ruggs, a Robert E. Lee High School senior, began playing varsity football in ninth grade. After his second game on the field, he received his first scholarship offer. As a senior, he had 38 catches for 639 yards and 20 touchdowns in nine games. Ruggs also ran track and basketball, breaking the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s class 7A record in the 100-meter dash. In 2017, 247Sports.com listed him as Alabama’s second-best high school football athlete. Ruggs picked the University of Alabama after obtaining scholarships from over 20 universities.
Henry Ruggs Age
He is 24 years old as of 24 January 2023. He was born on 24 January 1999 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. He was born as Henry James Ruggs III.
Henry Ruggs Daughter
Ruggs’ daughter was born on May 7, 2020, to his long-term partner Rudy Washington.
Henry Ruggs Family
He is the son of Henry Ruggs Jr., and Nataki Ruggs. Ruggs’ younger brother Kevontae attended Ole Miss in 2018 before transferring to East Mississippi Community College in 2019.
Henry Ruggs Car Crash
Ruggs rear-ended another car at high speed in Spring Valley, Nevada, on November 2, 2021. Tina Tintor, 23, and her dog Max were killed in the fatal vehicle accident, according to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and county prosecutors. Ruggs was charged with causing death by driving under the influence and careless driving.
Ruggs and his girlfriend, Kiara Kilgo-Washington, were photographed drinking at a Topgolf establishment on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise just hours before the incident. They drove away after midnight in his Chevrolet Corvette (nicknamed “Lizzy”).
Soon after, police released digital evidence revealing that, at approximately 3:39 a.m., while going 156 miles per hour (251 km/h), Ruggs attempted to panic-stop the Corvette as he neared Tintor’s Toyota RAV4, but lost control and slammed into her at 120 miles per hour (190 km/h). Tintor and her dog died in the fire that engulfed her vehicle after the incident, according to the Clark County Coroner.
Henry Ruggs Sentencing
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department booked him into the Clark County Detention Center after he was released from the hospital. Ruggs arrived in court the next day, and Judge Joe M. Bonaventure set his bail at $150,000 dollars.
According to police reports, Ruggs declined to take a field sobriety test, and his blood test two hours later revealed a blood alcohol concentration of 0.161%, more than twice the legal limit in Nevada. Ruggs’ defense counsel, David Chesnoff, argued that Ruggs was unable to give a field sobriety test due to his injuries from the collision, and that the blood test should not be accepted as evidence since the police lacked probable cause to conduct a blood test.
The position of Justice of the Peace Chesnoff’s claims were rejected by Ann Zimmerman, who determined that the blood test is admissible as evidence in the case.
Ruggs pleaded guilty to one count of DUI resulting in death and one count of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter on May 10, 2023, as part of a plea agreement. On August 9, 2023, he was sentenced to three to ten years in a Nevada state jail. Ruggs was released by the Las Vegas Raiders on November 2, 2021.
Henry Ruggs Career
As a genuine green bean at Alabama in 2017, Ruggs had 12 gatherings for 229 yards and six scores. As a sophomore in 2018, he had 46 gatherings for 741 yards and 11 scores. As a lesser in 2019, he had 40 gatherings for 746 getting yards and seven getting scores. During his lesser season, Ruggs was additionally the group’s essential kick returner and arrived at the midpoint of 23.8 yards per return. His 24 complete profession getting scores puts him third on Alabama’s record-breaking list of competitors. On January 6, 2020, Ruggs declared that he would swear off his actual senior year and enter the 2020 NFL Draft.
Ruggs ran a 4.27-second 40-yard run at the 2020 NFL Consolidate that was the year’s quickest time by any possibility by .08 seconds, and it tied for the fourth-quickest ever at the occasion since electronic timing started in 1999. Ruggs’ upward hop was estimated at 42 inches, tied for second-best among wide recipients at the 2020 consolidate.
At the 2020 NFL Draft, Ruggs was the primary wide recipient to be drafted. The Las Vegas Pillagers chose him with the twelfth general pick, their first since moving from Oakland prior in the year. Ruggs was likewise the Pillagers’ second continuous first-round pick of a player from the College of Alabama, joining 2019 first-round running back Josh Jacobs. On July 21, 2020, Ruggs marked a completely ensured four-year contract worth $16.67 million, with a group choice for a fifth year.
On September 13, 2020, Ruggs made his NFL debut in the season opener against the Carolina Jaguars, including making his most memorable vocation get. During Week 5 against the Kansas City Bosses, Ruggs recorded his initial 100-yard game, with 118 getting yards, which incorporated his most memorable profession score, a 72-yard gathering. He was put on the hold/Coronavirus list by the group on December 15, 2020, and enacted on December 24. Ruggs completed his youngster year with 26 gatherings, 452 getting yards, and two scores in 13 games played.
In the 2021 season, Ruggs had 24 gatherings, 469 getting yards, and two scores in seven games. Ruggs was delivered on November 2, 2021, following charges of driving impaired that prompted a casualty. His two-season stretch with the Thieves added up to 20 games, 1,197 generally useful yards, and four scores.