Former Buckeye Blogs From Prison

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Former Ohio State football star Maurice Clarett writes that he’s blogging from prison so others will learn from his wrong decisions.

The tailback who led the Buckeyes to the 2002 national championship is in the Toledo Correctional Institution on his 2006 conviction for aggravated robbery and carrying a concealed weapon.

In his first blog entry, Clarett said in October that defects in his character put him behind bars. This week, he wrote he’s interested in public speaking once he’s out.

He’s serving at least 3 1/2 years for a holdup outside a Columbus bar and a highway chase months later that ended with police finding loaded guns in his SUV.

Clarett doesn’t have computer access in prison. His mother tells The Columbus Dispatch he phones the blog entries to relatives, who post them.

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