Instead, Chancellor Lee Adams is about to turn 18 years old. Chancellor Lee Adams Turns 16 Cherica was eight months pregnant at the […] Cherica Adams was seven months pregnant wi… The grandmother of Rae Carruth's son said the former Carolina Panther sent a large cash gift to his son, Chancellor Lee. Theodry Carruth's vigilance over her only son's upbringing paid off at least in the short run: Rae's grades at Valley High School were solid, he stayed out of trouble, and big colleges came calling. No, he is known for committing one of the most heinous acts in NFL history: the hiring of a hitman to kill his then-girlfriend, Cherica Adams. After playing college football at Colorado, Carruth was drafted in the first round of the 1997 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL) and spent three seasons with the team.. Rae Carruth and The Son Who Survived, the next chapter She died but her son survived after doctors performed an emergency c-section. CHARLOTTE, NC. In 1992 Rae went off to the University of Colorado. He’s not known for his gamebreaking ability, or his fantastic hands. Rae Carruth is ready to reconnect with his son, but the 19-year-old is in no rush to reunite with the man convicted of hiring a hitman to kill his mother. Nineteen years after he was supposed to die at the hands of a hitman hired by his NFL-playing father, Chancellor Lee Adams is thriving. Thirteen years ago, NFL receiver Rae Carruth conspired to kill his pregnant girlfriend and their unborn son. Rae Carruth is infamous in the NFL. Rae Theotis Carruth (born Rae Lamar Wiggins; January 20, 1974) is an American former football wide receiver and convicted felon. Former NFL wide receiver Rae Carruth wants custody of his son after he’s released from prison — despite plotting the murder of the now-18-year-old’s mom when she … Carruth mostly refused to talk about the events of 1999, when Cherica Adams was shot four times in a drive-by ambush on a south Charlotte road. On Nov. 16, 1999, the son of former Carolina Panther Rae Carruth was supposed to die. Adams’ mother, Cherica Adams, died in December 1999 after Rae Carruth orchestrated a plot to kill her in Charlotte, North Carolina, to avoid paying child support. Convicted murderer and former Carolina Panthers wide receiver Rae Carruth has broken nearly two decades of silence, issuing an apology to the mother of …