The man could of had it all, He could of been the 1 way ticket onto the Wall of Bad Ass, he could of been a hall of fame RB in the NFL, but his life took a turn for the worst folks.

Lets talk about Maurice Clarett. Before their way Kelly Pavlick Youngstown, Ohio was home to "the chosen one" Maurice Clarett. After an amazing High School Football Career at Austintown- Fitch and Warren Harding. Maurice was named one of the 100 best prospects coming out of High School and he decided to head to THE Ohio State University to represent his home state.

In his freshman year he ran for over 1200 yards, a school record for freshman RB's at OSU, and scored the winning TD in double OT over The Miami Hurricanes in 2003 to help lead the Ohio State Buckeyes to an Undefeated National Championship Season!

Then....things got a little out of control...

It started with just a few small incidents. Arguing with the coaches, accusations of getting preferential treatment in school. These were all just typical jock like behavior problems.

Ohio State later suspended Clarett for the 2003 athletic year after he was charged with filing a false police report. Clarett had filed a false claim that more than $10,000 in clothing, CDs, cash and stereo equipment were stolen from a car he borrowed from a local dealership in September 2003. Athletic Director Andy Geiger stated that Clarett also took thousands of dollars in special benefits and repeatedly misled investigators.

Clarett moved to Los Angeles after his dismissal from Ohio State and began associating with rap music performers. He enjoyed their lifestyle of parties, Malibu beach houses, and expensive cars. Soon his weight ballooned to 256 pounds

In 2004 he would sue the NFL to try to let him in, he failed miserably.

On January 1, 2006, police announced that they were searching for Clarett in relation to two incidents of armed robbery that took place at 1:46am outside the Opium Lounge danceclub in Columbus. Allegedly, with a .45 caliber handgun, Clarett robbed two people and then escaped in a white SUV with two unidentified persons. Clarett reportedly made off with only a cell phone valued at $150 belonging to one of the victims.

In the early morning hours of August 9, 2006, Clarett was arrested in Columbus after he made an illegal U-turn and led the police on a chase in a sports utility vehicle reportedly belonging to his uncle. After driving over a police-mounted spike strip, the chase ended in a nearby restaurant parking lot.[

Police said they were forced to secure a cloth around Clarett's mouth after he allegedly spit at the officers and called them "niggers" during the arrest. According to Columbus Police Sgt. Mike Woods, the officers discovered a katana, a loaded AK-47 variant and two other loaded handguns in his vehicle along with an open bottle of Grey Goose vodka.[20] The police requested that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives perform a trace on the firearms to determine if Clarett violated Federal gun laws.
The officers used mace to subdue Clarett after attempts to subdue him with a Taser proved ineffective because he was wearing Kevlar body armor.

On December 14, it was announced that Clarett will be changing prisons to a close-security prison in a single person cell at Toledo Correctional Institution. He will be able to eat with and exercise with other inmates.
He is currently enrolled in a distance-learning program at Ohio University while he serves his sentence at the Toledo Correctional Institution. Clarett is trying to earn a bachelor's degree in Geriatrics and Gerontology.

As of October 2008, Clarett has been blogging about his life in prison on The Mind of Maurice Clarett; although he does not have Internet access in the prison, he sends his entries to family members, who post them for him.