Former Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush thwarted a burglar trying to break into his Encino, Calif., home on Tuesday, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to TMZ.
According to Variety, Bush lives in a gated estate in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, which was valued at $5.65 million as of 2019. The home is reportedly equipped with a gate, an alarm system and security cameras.
The incident happened around 11pm on Tuesday when Bush was in the house at the time and apparently shouted, startling the suspect and causing him to run away.
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Former Southern California Trojans running back Reggie Bush watches the game against the LSU Tigers at Allegiant Stadium. (Kirby Lee/USA Today Sports)
At least one suspect escaped by jumping out of a window in the home, and reports said officers arrived on the scene to find shards of broken glass on the ground behind the home.
Bush's defense of his home this week was the latest time he has had to defend one of his prized possessions since reclaiming his Heisman Trophy this year.
As the winner in 2005 Heisman Trophy, He was stripped of the trophy in 2010 after a years-long investigation reportedly found that Bush and his family had accepted payments from an aspiring sports agent with no ties to USC. Bush's Heisman Trophy win was rescinded, as were the games Bush played at USC in 2005.
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University of Southern California running back Reggie Bush holds the Heisman Trophy during the 2005 Heisman Trophy ceremony at the Hard Rock Cafe on December 10, 2005 in New York City. (Michael Cohen/WireImage)
In April, the Heisman Trophy Foundation announced it would officially “reinstate” the trophy, nearly 15 years after Bush voluntarily returned it.
In August 2023, Bush filed a defamation lawsuit against the NCAA over a statement made in July 2021. His lawyers argued that the NCAA's statement falsely indicated that the NCAA would not consider reinstating Bush because of his prior involvement in a “money-for-receive agreement.” University Record It was removed in 2010.”
Bush was a record-setting running back at USC under coach Pete Carroll. New Orleans Saints In the first round of the 2006 NFL Draft.
Bush played for the Saints and had an 11-year NFL career. Miami DolphinsDetroit Lions, Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers.
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Reggie Bush during the 2004 USC game (image)
But Bush has been praising the NCAA recently. In an interview with Fox News Digital last week, Bush praised the College Football Playoff's new format and said the expansion to a 12-team format “is the way it was always meant to be.”
“Every other sport has a true playoff system. High school football has a true playoff system,” Bush told Fox News Digital while discussing his excitement to be part of Team Modelo, which will headline a full-time fan recruitment contest.
“I've always felt like why is college football the only sport that doesn't have a true playoff system? I think it's unfair to the sport because when we won, we were co-national champions with LSU in 2003. I wish we could have played LSU that year and competed for the No. 1 spot, but we never got the chance.”
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