Tony Boles

After starring in college football for the Michigan Wolverines, where he once led the Big Ten Conference in rushing, he went on to a scandal ridden life.

Although Boles was born in Thomasville, Georgia and his family settled in Westland, Michigan when he was ten years old.

He grew up in a predominantly white neighborhood where he was one of only four African Americans in the entire student body at John Glenn High School.

[8] Despite the injury-shortened season, he finished with 839 yards as the team's leading rusher and fifth in the Big Ten Conference.

In 1990, Boles attempted a comeback as a wide receiver to no avail and spent his senior season in rehabilitation.

[1] He dropped out of classes because he says "didn't want to be crutching around campus" and he eventually stopped rehabbing his knee and became irregular with his workouts.

[12] Boles was represented by agent Thom Darden and had been projected as a first round draft pick before his injury.

[10] He was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the eleventh round (291st overall) of the 1991 NFL draft as part of head coach Jimmy Johnson's rebuilding efforts.

[15] In 1992, he played with the San Antonio Riders of the World League of American Football for most of the season until he got mixed up in criminal activity.

[16] Before the disappearance, his World League performance had enabled Boles to get signed as a free agent by the Cowboys in early April 1992,[17] but by June the team released him.

On November 11, 1994, Boles was arrested on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and petty theft and wound up in jail in Naples, Florida.

[10] Physically, in 2006, Boles was described as starting to gray, missing two top front teeth and suffering from an arthritic knee.

[10] Boles was arrested in Ypsilanti, Michigan on September 9, 2007, and pleaded guilty to one count of receiving and concealing stolen property.

He was sentenced to serve two to five years in prison for receiving and concealing stolen property in violation of his parole in Washtenaw County Circuit Court.

Boles' most recent infraction occurred when with an outstanding warrant, he provided a false name to officers investigating why he was blocking traffic with a car they would find out had been stolen from Detroit, Michigan.