Breaking Real Bad: Inside the Sam Hurd Drug Case

Is This Former NFL Player Really A Drug Kingpin?
PHILADELPHIA, PA - NOVEMBER 7: Sam Hurd #81 of the Chicago Bears heads off the field after the game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on November 7, 2011 in Phildelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - NOVEMBER 7: Sam Hurd #81 of the Chicago Bears heads off the field after the game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on November 7, 2011 in Phildelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)

On Wednesday, former Cowboys and Bears receiver Sam Hurd will likely be sentenced to life in prison for drug trafficking. Is he the cocaine kingpin the government has made him out to be, or the victim of an overzealous prosecution and excessively harsh narcotics laws? An exclusive 22-month investigation reveals how it all went wrong for one of the NFL’s most promising and well-liked young talents—and why there’s more to Hurd’s downfall than we’ve been led to believe

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