Ex-NFL running back Lawrence Phillips suspected of killing prison cellmate

Former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips serving a 31-year prison sentence now faces murder charges after his prison cellmate was found dead early Saturday. (Alan Diaz / Associated Press)Former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips is suspected of killing his cellmate in a Central California prison, officials said Monday.

Phillips' cellmate at Kern Valley State Prison was found lifeless early Saturday and later pronounced dead, prison spokesman Lt. Marshall Denning said in a statement.

Phillips, 39, was once one of the nation's top college football players at Nebraska. He played for the St. Louis Rams, until being release in 1997 for insubordination. He also played for the Miami Dolphins and…