Keith McCants Is Cracktacular

Sometimes I'll do a short piece about a retired Bucs player who has found some success in business or is doing notable charity work or is just enjoying the nest egg he saved up. And then there are some who have completely pissed away their savings and talents and embraced a life of Amy Winehouse-like crime and despair.

Guess which one this is.

Since leaving the National Football League in 1993, [Keith] McCants has been arrested on charges ranging from first-degree theft of property to possession of a controlled substance.

Keith McCants was the fourth overall pick by the Buccaneers in 1990. He played linebacker, the same position played by the fifth overall pick of that draft: Junior Seau. That was also the same draft where Emmitt Smith was taken 17th overall. But this isn't about how Ray Perkins fucked up everything he touched in Tampa. This is about McCants. He's been keeping busy.

Officer Eric Gallichant, a Mobile police spokesman, said a complaint led officers to the vacant home in the 900 block of State Street.

"Upon arrival, the officers found McCants inside," the spokesman said.

Gallichant said their investigation revealed that McCants was in possession of a glass tube and a small piece of steel wool, items commonly used to smoke crack cocaine or other drugs.

Smoking crack in an abandoned house, check.

In December 2004, McCants was arrested in Mobile after he took a used Lincoln Navigator with a $17,000 price tag for a test ride and did not return it.

To be fair, they do just hand you the keys and let you take it out. You've got to be some kind of iron-willed angel to not just leave with it. Besides, showing up to your crack deal in a Celica is just embarrassing. Still, grand theft auto is grand theft auto... check. Hey, he is a lot like Amy Winehouse. All we need now is his refusal to pay restitution.

Billy McGill, the dealership's general manager, said Monday that McCants had not fully repaid the dealership.

And check. Lucky for him he is a former Alabama football star still living in Alabama or he could have gotten in some real trouble.