What NFL player killed his family?

Ex-NFL player Phillip Adams
Phillip Adams
Phillip Matthew Adams (July 20, 1988 – April 8, 2021) was an American football cornerback. He played college football for the South Carolina State Bulldogs and was drafted in the seventh round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers.
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kills five people, then himself. Police said Adams shot Dr. Robert Lesslie, 70; his wife, Barbara Lesslie, 69; and two of their grandchildren, Adah, 9, and Noah, 5.
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What football player killed 5 people then himself?

An ex-NFL player who killed 6 people and then himself had CTE, doctors say. Former San Francisco 49ers cornerback Phillip Adams, pictured in this 2010 photo, had CTE, a degenerative brain disease. Authorities say he shot and killed six people earlier this year before killing himself.
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What NFL player killed someone?

Phillip Adams, the former NFL player who shot and killed six people in South Carolina earlier this year, suffered from the debilitating brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a team of Boston University researchers said Tuesday—the latest football player diagnosed with the disease, which can lead to ...
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What NFL player was killed by his wife?

ROCK HILL, S.C. — Former NFL player Phillip Adams fatally shot five people including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two grandchildren before later killing himself, authorities said Thursday.
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What NFL player killed 6?

On the sunny afternoon of April 7, 2021 around 4:45 p.m., former NFL player Phillip Adams hopped on a four-wheeler and left the Rock Hill house where he lived with his parents. When he returned a short while later, Adams had fatally shot six people.
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The NFL Player Who Hunted His Family's Killer - Kermit Alexander



What football player died today?

NFL quarterback Dwayne Haskins tragically passed away early Saturday morning after being hit by a vehicle on an interstate in Florida. The fatal accident occurred around 6:37 a.m. ET, and as news started to trickle out about what happened, it left the NFL world in shock.
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What NFL player killed someone in a car accident?

NFL player Henry Ruggs driving 156 mph seconds before fatal crash, police say. Henry Ruggs was released from the Las Vegas Raiders on Tuesday night. NFL wide receiver Henry Ruggs III slammed into the back of a car in Las Vegas early Tuesday morning, killing the driver, according to a police report.
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What NFL player killed himself today?

Greg Clark killed himself in July with a gunshot wound to the head. He was 49 and died inside the house in northern California where he lived with his wife and their two sons – McKay, 14, and Jayden, 22.
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What NFL player hired a hitman?

Rae Theotis Carruth (born Rae Lamar Wiggins; January 20, 1974) is a former American football wide receiver, and convicted murderer.
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Can you be a felon in the NFL?

According to a memo obtained by NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport, if a background check reveals misdemeanor/felony convictions related to violence, domestic violence, use of a weapon or sexual offense and/or sexual assault, that prospect won't be permitted to partake in the combine.
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Who was the Patriots player that killed himself?

Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez reportedly committed suicide in prison early Wednesday morning. Prison officials in the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Massachusetts, discovered Hernandez hanged in his cell. It is an abrupt end to a very long story for Hernandez.
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Has there ever been a shooting at a NFL game?

The Jacksonville Landing shooting, also known as the Jacksonville shooting, was a mass shooting that occurred at a video game tournament for the video game Madden NFL 19 in Jacksonville Landing, Jacksonville, Florida, on August 26, 2018, at about 1:30 pm (EDT).
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Who killed the leslie?

Robert Neulander, 70, was convicted on Thursday for killing his wife Leslie in 2012, a death that was originally ruled an accident, Syracuse.com reports. Neulander has maintained that his wife died after she slipped and fell in the shower inside their DeWitt mansion for nearly a decade.
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Who was the first black quarterback in the NFL?

In 1968, Marlin Briscoe became the first Black starting quarterback in modern pro football in America. This is the story of how he came to achieve that, and the legacy he left.
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How many football players have killed themselves?

Participants: A cohort of 26 702 athletes who had died, retired or were currently playing in the NFL from nfl.com since 1920 was identified. Main outcome measures: Internet queries identifying 26 professional football players who completed suicide. Obituaries and news reports were reviewed.
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Who has the most concussions in the NFL?

Jay Cutler says he suffered 15 concussions during career

But even with state-of-the-art equipment, athletes still suffer extreme conditions. Former Bears quarterback Jay Cutler appeared on Barstool Sports' Pardon My Take and said he suffered from 15 concussions throughout his football career.
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How many football players have killed themselves because of CTE?

More than 315 former N.F.L. players have been posthumously diagnosed with C.T.E., including 24 players who died in their 20s and 30s, according to McKee.
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What NFL player got a DUI?

Buccaneers wide receiver Travis Jonsen was arrested early Monday morning and faces a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence, the Tampa Police Department confirmed to NFL.com.
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Who was the NFL player that died yesterday?

Arizona Cardinals cornerback Jeff Gladney died in a car accident early Monday morning in Dallas, NFL Network's Mike Garafolo reported, per Gladney's agent.
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What Cowboys player died recently?

The Cowboys released the following statement on their website: "Unfortunately, Perkins' death is yet another blow to the Cowboys' family. He's the second Ring of Honor member to pass away recently, along with Rayfield Wright.
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Who was the football player that got killed on the highway?

Dwayne Haskins, 24, the backup Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback and a former standout at Ohio State, was heavily intoxicated when he was struck and killed by a truck on a Florida highway in April, according to a toxicology report released by the medical examiner's office in Broward County, Fla., on Monday.
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