But after the first game of the 1984 season, Muncie was suspended by the N.F.L. for the rest of the season after testing positive nfl jerseys for cocaine. He had run for 6,702 yards and 71 touchdowns and had caught 263 passes for 2,323 yards and 3 touchdowns, but he never played pro football again.
In the late 1980s, a police officer in Berkeley, Calif., found Muncie unwashed and homeless outside Cal’s Memorial Stadium,nfl jerseys uk the Ventura County newspaper The Star reported. In February 1989, Muncie was sentenced in San Diego to 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to intending to sell two ounces of cocaine to a friend.
His time in prison proved a turning point.
After that, he pursued business interests nike nfl and began telling of his drug problems in meetings with youths who were at risk. In 1997 he created the Chuck Muncie Youth Foundation, based in Antioch, Calif.