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Former NFL CFL player nets long prison sentenceskip to main content (press enter) CBC Global Header NavigationCBCca News news drop down menu Sports sports drop down menu Radio radio drop down menu TV tv drop down menu My Region drop down menu More drop down menu Watch drop down menu Listen drop down menu Search CBCca Submit Search Sign Up Log In Hockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis Story Tools EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Former NFL CFL player nets long prison sentenceLast Updated Friday December 18 2009 629 PM ET The Associated Press Lawrence Phillips seen in a 2005 court appearance spent one year with the Montreal Alouettes (Anne CusackAssociated Press)ExNFL running back Lawrence Phillips has been sentenced to more than 31 years in prison in total for attacking his girlfriend and in a separate incident driving his car into three teensPhillips 34 was sentenced Friday in San Diego for assault and other crimesPhillips told the judge he didnt get a fair trail and hell appealPhillips twice choked his girlfriend in 2005 in San Diego Later that year he aimed his car and struck three teens after a pickup football game in Los AngelesA Los Angeles judge gave him 10 years for that attack but he was resentenced to seven years on FridayPhillips was once one of the nations top college football players at Nebraska The St Louis Rams selected him sixth overall in the 1996 draft but released him the following year due to insubordinationAfter stints with the Miami Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers he rushed for more than 1000 yards for the Montreal Alouettes in 2002 and contributed to their Grey Cup win that season but was released the next year for behavioural reasonsWith files from CBCSportsca The Canadian Press 2009 Story Tools EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Story comments (27)Sort Most recent First to last Agreedtoomanycrayons wrotePosted 20091222at 515 PM ETPhillips 34 was sentenced Friday in San Diego for assault and other crimesHes probably right Why should he be held to a higher standard than say priestly pedophiles and their sponsors202Agree 0DisagreePolicy Report abusedeanofranchise wrotePosted 20091221at 1017 AM ETI like to call him The man that retured Steve Young cause he missed the block on the blitz that ended Steve Youngs career505Agree ...