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DADE CITY -- Former NFL running back Troy Hambrick has agreed to plead guilty to distributing crack cocaine and will help in other federal drug investigations, according to a plea agreement.
Hambrick, 31, helped Pasco High School win a state football championship in 1992. Now he faces up to 10 years in federal prison on a charge of selling at crack in his hometown last year.
He admitted selling 78 grams to a "confidential source" on Sept. 27 at a Dade City gas station in his Lincoln Navigator, according to the plea agreement he signed Feb. 22.
Hambrick also agreed to cooperate with federal authorities in other drug investigations. In exchange, federal prosecutors will let the sentencing judge know about his help. Hambrick also agreed to forfeit his Navigator to the government.
His NFL career ended in 2004 after stints with the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals. Hambrick hoped to play this year with the American Indoor Football Association in North Carolina, but that seems unlikely now. He remains free on $100,000 bail pending sentencing.
- Jamal Thalji, Times staff writer