Colt Lyerla had the talent to be a high draft pick in the NFL, but his off-field issues cost him a professional career.
And those troubles haven’t ended.
The Oregonian reported that Lyerla has escaped from Washington County Community Correction Center. Lyerla, a tight end who was picked up by the Green Bay Packers after he wasn’t drafted in 2014 but cut that summer after a knee injury, was serving a six-month sentence for drug possession. The Oregonian reported that on Thursday afternoon, officials heard an alarm in the minimum-security facility’s dorm, found an open window and Lyerla was missing.