DALLAS (AP) — Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf was in custody Wednesday in Washington on drug and
burglary charges out of Texas after being arrested by customs agents as he returned to the United States
from Canada.
James Farren, the district attorney in Randall County in West Texas, said Leaf was arrested Wednesday by
federal customs agents. Legal assistant Jennifer Bonstein said Leaf declined to waive extradition during
a hearing Wednesday afternoon in Bellingham, Wash., about 90 miles north of Seattle.
Bond was set at $45,000 and Leaf’s attorney in Washington told the court Leaf would post the bond and
return to Texas by himself. Leaf also was to come back to court in Whatcom County on July 16, Bonstein
said.
Bill Kelly, Leaf’s attorney in Texas, said his client was returning to Texas to turn himself in by a
Thursday deadline.
"I assume when he was crossing the border, they picked him up," Kelly said.
The ex-Washington State University and San Diego Chargers quarterback is charged with burglary to a
habitation, a second-degree felony. Leaf also was indicted on seven counts of obtaining a controlled
substance by fraud and one count of delivery of a simulated controlled substance.
Leaf coached quarterbacks at West Texas A&M in Canyon, where the indictment was returned in May.

Leaf, who resigned from West Texas A&M after being investigated for drug crimes in November, was
working in British Columbia, his attorney said. Kelly, a former head football coach at the college, said
Leaf "has been to rehab and successfully completed it."
Leaf, who coached for three seasons at West Texas A&M, spent four seasons in the NFL after being
chosen with the No. 2 pick in the 1998 draft by the Chargers.
In his NFL career, which included stints with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys, Leaf had 14
touchdowns and 36 interceptions. He was better known for outbursts directed at teammates, coaches, fans
and reporters.