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Play on, playaHurd was busted by the Feds in an attempt to set up a drug dealership (I'm pretty sure Stringer Bell never called it a "dealership") by buying 1,000 pounds of pot and 20 kilos of coke a week.
A week.
Hurd was not small timing it.
He was apparently identified as a "potential drug dealer" over the summer and was interviewed by Homeland Security after $88,000 of cash was found in a car of his in Dallas. He claimed he just took the cash out of the bank and it was his. Bank documents did not corroborate.
However, by the time he signed on as a Chicago Bear (three years, $5.15 million, $1.35 million guaranteed) July 29 after the lockout, Hurd was already a relatively big-time drug dealer moving about four kilos of coke per week (about nine pounds ... which is surprisingly a lot). And he was looking to move an extra 10 pounds of coke in addition to a half ton of weed. Again, in a week.
Some of the details are sketchy. Again, the Feds were onto him in July and then there's the talk of the Mexican cell phones and the American's inability to track them. These seem like the details of a dumb criminal. Granted, he was caught. Then again, no telling how long Hurd's been dealing. Certainly he was in Dallas when he started. The narc he was nabbed by was from "north Texas."
According to most reports, details of some of Hurd's customers include laundry list of NFL players and it will not be just nickel bags of pot. This is big time loads of coke and who knows what other things going on. If there are 50 players on a list somewhere, at least 20 are current or former Dallas Cowboys.
My bets are on this guy, this guy, this guy, this guy and this guy. For starters. And there's a few that I am legitimately scared might come and beat the shit out of me.
Per most stories, Hurd's teammates are surprised by the news. Whether that's legit -- how would you not know that your teammate's a drug dealer? -- is up in the air.
Still, I thought Hurd was a hard-working kid that didn't have the talent of other players but did some things (see: special teams) well enough to have at least a career that set him up for life. I just assumed on most nights his nose was in the playbook, seeking that edge.
I do wonder how much the lockout played into Hurd's career path. I think it all started before the lockout. However, did it ramp up once the labor issues came to a head? Did he get involved, found he was relatively well insulated and could make more money?
Or was he just keepin' it real?
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