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Former NFL Player Faces DUI Charge in Florida After Crash

February 5, 2023
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—A former NFL player was arrested on a misdemeanor driving under the influence charge after troopers say his vehicle rear-ended a pick-up truck that was on the side of a South Florida highway because of a flat tire, injuring the truck’s driver who had been standing outside. Vontae Davis, 34, smelled of alcohol, had…

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Odell Beckham Jr. Removed From LA-Bound Flight in Miami

November 27, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Former Los Angeles Rams receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was escorted from a Los Angeles-bound plane at Miami International Airport Nov. 27 after police were called to the airport for a “medical emergency.” Miami police said Beckham appeared to be drifting in and out of consciousness prior to departure of the American Airlines flight. “Fearing…

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Former Vanderbilt Star, NFL Player Jimmy Williams Dies at 43

July 11, 2022
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Former Vanderbilt star and NFL defensive back/kick returner Jimmy Williams died Friday after an unspecified illness. He was 43. Williams was named an SEC Football Legend in 2013. He played running back, cornerback, and returned kickoffs and punts for the Commodores from 1997–2000. Williams is one of three players in Vanderbilt history with both a…

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Autopsy Reveals Severe Brain Trauma in Ex-NFL Player Who Shot 6

December 15, 2021
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ROCK HILL, S.C.—An autopsy revealed unusually severe brain disease in the frontal lobe of the former NFL player accused of fatally shooting six people in Rock Hill, South Carolina, before killing himself in April, authorities announced Tuesday. The 20 years Phillip Adams spent playing football “definitively … gave rise” to a diagnosis of stage 2…

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