Lawrence Phillips

**Lawrence Lamond Phillips** (12 ga Mayu, 1975 - 13 ga Janairu, 2016) ya kasance dan wasan kwallon kafa na Amurka wanda ya taka leda a Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta Kasa (NFL) na tsawon shekaru uku. Wani kwaleji mai ban sha'awa sosai, aikin kwararru na Phillips ya ragu saboda matsalolin shari'a waɗanda suka ci gaba har zuwa mutuwarsa.

Ya kasance cikin matsala tare da doka, Phillips yana yin shekaru 31 a kan hukuncin kisa lokacin da aka tuhume shi a shekarar 2015 da kisan abokin zamansa. Yayinda yake jiran shari'a, an same shi ya mutu a cikin kurkuku, wanda aka yi la'akari da kashe kansa.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Phillips a Little Rock, Arkansas, kuma daga baya ya koma California, inda ya girma a gidajen kula. Ya halarci makarantar sakandare ta West Covina a West Covina, California don shekarunsa na farko da na biyu. Ya kasance mai farawa na varsity duka a kan laifi a matsayin mai gudu da kuma karewa a matsayin mai ba da layi na waje. Daga nan sai ya halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Baldwin Park a Baldwin Park, California don ƙarami da manyan shekarunsa, kuma tawagarsa ta lashe gasar CIF a lokacin ƙarami, wanda ya ja hankalin kwalejoji, gami da Jami'ar Nebraska-Lincoln.

## Ayyukan kwaleji
A shekara ta 1993, a shekarar farko a Jami'ar Nebraska-Lincoln, Phillips a hankali ya yi aiki a matsayin dan wasa. Ya fito daga benci don yin sauri don yadudduka 137 da kuma touchdown a nasarar da Cornhuskers ta samu 14-13 a kan Pac-10 zakara UCLA. A rabi na biyu na 1994 Orange Bowl, ya haifar da wasan ƙasa na Husker, yana ɗaukar sau 13 don 64 daga cikin yadudduka 183 masu gudu a kan tsaron Seminole mai ban tsoro. Dukkanin sai dai daya daga cikin ayyukan Phillips ya zo a kwata na huɗu, a lokacin da ya zira kwallaye a tseren mita 12. Wannan wasan ya kafa shi a matsayin mai gudu na farko a cikin laifin Cornhuskers.

A shekara ta biyu, Phillips ya zama abin da ya fi dacewa da laifin saboda raunin da aka samu ga 'yan wasan Tommie Frazier da Brook Berringer. Ya ɗaure rikodin makaranta ta hanyar gudu don yadudduka 100 ko fiye a wasanni 11 a jere a 1994 duk da yawan wasa da mutum takwas ko tara masu tsaron gida. A kan # 3 Miami Hurricanes, Phillips yana da yadudduka 96 a kan 19 da aka ɗauka, gami da gudu 25 wanda shine mafi tsawo da Hurricans suka ba da izini a duk kakar. A lokacin kakar wasa ta yau da kullun, ya gudu don yadudduka 1,722 , har yanzu rikodin Nebraska ne na shekara ta biyu. Ayyukan Phillips a cikin Orange Bowl a wannan shekarar shine mabuɗin Nebraska don tabbatar da lokacin da ba a ci nasara ba da kuma gasar zakarun kasa a 1994.￼

Ba da daɗewa ba kafin fara kakar wasa mai zuwa, ana tambayar cancantar Phillips don karɓar abincin rana na $ 100 daga wakilin wasanni a lokacin kakar 1994. Lokacin da jami'an Nebraska suka fahimci keta doka, an yi zargin ya biya wakilin. NCAA ta yi masa shari'a a daidai lokacin bude kakar, amma ya ci gaba da bincika wasu batutuwan da ba a bayyana ba da suka shafi Phillips.

Lokacin da kakar 1995 ta zo, Phillips ya zama mai tseren farko na Heisman Trophy. A wasan Nebraska na biyu na kakar, a kan Jihar Michigan - yana wasa wasan farko a karkashin sabon kocin Nick Saban - Phillips yana da yadudduka 206 da kuma touchdowns hudu a 22 da aka ɗauka. Bayan wasanni biyu kawai, yana da matsakaicin fiye da yadudduka 11 a kowane ɗauka kuma ya zira kwallaye shida.

Sa'o'i bayan da tawagar ta dawo daga East Lansing a ranar 10 ga Satumba, 1995, Phillips ya shiga cikin gidan mai ba da gudummawa Scott Frost ta hanyar hawa waje na ginin zuwa bene na uku kuma ya shiga ta wasu ƙofofi masu zamewa. Daga nan sai ya kai hari ga tsohuwar budurwarsa, 'yar wasan kwando Kate McEwen. Phillips ta ja McEwen daga cikin ɗakin da gashi kuma ta sauka da matakala uku kafin ta fashe kanta cikin akwatin wasiku. Daga baya aka kama Phillips, kuma daga ƙarshe babban kocin Tom Osborne ya dakatar da shi. Wannan shari'ar ta zama tushen jayayya da kuma kulawar kafofin watsa labarai, tare da fahimtar cewa Osborne yana mamaye dan wasan tauraron ta hanyar kada ya kori Phillips daga tawagar har abada. Osborne ya fita a taron manema labarai lokacin da aka tambaye shi, "Idan daya daga cikin 'yan wasanku ya yi wa wani dan uwanku rauni kuma ya ja ta a kan matakai, da ka sake dawo da wannan dan wasan zuwa tawagar?"  Ma'aikatan Nebraska masu fushi sun ba da shawarar cewa duk wani dalibi da aka yanke masa hukunci na aikata laifuka ya kamata a hana shi wakiltar jami'a a filin kwallon kafa.  Osborne ya kare shawarar, yana mai cewa barin Phillips na iya yin lahani fiye da nagarta, yana mai bayyana hanya mafi kyau don taimakawa Phillips yana cikin yanayin da aka tsara na shirin kwallon kafa. Osborne ya ce, "Na ji kawai abin da zan iya sanyawa a wani wuri wanda zai ci gaba da shi a kan hanya shine kwallon kafa, saboda wannan tabbas shine kawai tsarin tsarawa a rayuwarsa. "  Bayan dakatar da wasanni shida, Osborne ya dawo da Phillips don wasan Jihar Iowa,  kodayake sabon dan wasan Ahman Green ya ci gaba da farawa. Phillips ya kuma buga wa Kansas da Oklahoma wasa.

Duk da matsin lamba daga kafofin watsa labarai na kasa, Osborne ya kira Phillips mai farawa don Fiesta Bowl, wanda ya sanya No. 1 Nebraska da No. 2 Florida don gasar zakarun kasa. A cikin wasan, Phillips ya yi sauri don yadudduka 165 da kuma touchdowns biyu a kan 25 da aka ɗauka kuma ya zira kwallaye a kan karɓar 16 a cikin nasarar Cornhuskers ta 62-24. Ayyukan sun bunkasa kayan aikin Phillips. Tare da ƙarfafawar Osborne, ya yanke shawarar juya pro shekara guda da wuri.

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