HOUSTON, Texas — A Katy man and former Rice University football player is waiting to learn his fate after he pleaded guilty on federal charges connected to the death of another player.
Stuart Mouchantaf pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute a powerful opioid.
Prosecutors said Mouchantaf gave carfentanil to Blain Padgett, who died in March 2018. Padgett was a Hardin-Jefferson High graduate.
Padgett was 21 at the time, and was a star player with NFL aspirations according to the allegations.
Mouchantaf's sentencing is set for May 14, 2020.