Overview
- The University of Alabama’s Fall Convocation program lists Ruggs as earning a bachelor’s degree in human environmental sciences.
- University records show he finished his final term with a 4.0 GPA and President’s List honors while incarcerated.
- Nevada corrections officials confirmed a recent transfer from a Las Vegas transitional facility to the medium-security Northern Nevada Correctional Center, without specifying a reason.
- Ruggs is serving a three- to ten-year sentence after pleading guilty in 2023 to felony DUI resulting in death and misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter.
- Authorities said his blood-alcohol level was 0.161 and his car was traveling 156 mph before the Nov. 2, 2021 crash that killed 23-year-old Tina Tintor and her dog; he has since expressed remorse, and a former teammate says he is training in prison.