Former Washington State and San Diego Chargers quarterback Ryan Leaf appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Tuesday afternoon to share the story of his road from being an entitled athlete who believed that his football prowess “made me better than you,” to his opiate addiction and subsequent arrest and prison sentence.
Leaf appears to have turned things around since his release from prison in December 2014. He detailed his road to recovery in this story by Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times last week, and on Tuesday, told DeGeneres that watching her show on the 13-inch television in his cell gave him solace during his prison sentence.