Rae Carruth | |||||||||
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| Born | Rae Lamar Wiggins January 20, 1974 Sacramento, California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Other names | Rae Theotis Wiggins Rae Theotis Carruth Rae Lamar Carruth Rae Carruth Rae Lamar | ||||||||
| Occupation | Former professional football player (1997–99) | ||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
| Criminal status | Released | ||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||
| Parent(s) | Theodry Carruth (mother) Samuel Carruth (stepfather) Charles Wiggins (father) | ||||||||
| Conviction(s) | Conspiracy to commit first degree murder Discharge of a firearm into occupied property Use an instrument to destroy an unborn child | ||||||||
| Criminal penalty | 18 years and 11 months to 24 years and 4 months imprisonment | ||||||||
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 194 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Valley (Sacramento, California) | ||||||||
| College: | Colorado | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1997 / round: 1 / pick: 27 | ||||||||
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Rae Theotis Carruth[1][2] (born Rae Lamar Wiggins; January 20, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder. He played as a wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). Carruth played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes, earning first-team All-American honors in 1996. He was selected by the Panthers in the first round of the 1997 NFL draft and spent three seasons with the team.
In 2001, he was found guilty of conspiring the murder of his then-girlfriend Cherica Adams, who was pregnant with his child. Including pre-trial confinement, he served 18 years of an 18-to-24-year sentence in the North Carolina state prison system and was released from the Sampson Correctional Institution in Clinton, North Carolina, on October 22, 2018.[3]