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  • Lawrence Phillips Dead at 40

    Another guy who HAD the world by the balls till stupidity caught up to him. Sounds like he killed himself in jail.

    Lawrence Phillips found dead in prison at age 40

    Josh Peter, USA TODAY Sports 1:38 p.m. EST January 13, 2016

    Lawrence Phillips rushed for 1,453 yards over three NFL seasons. (Photo: James A. Finley, AP)


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    Lawrence Phillips, the former football star facing murder charges, was found dead early Wednesday at Kern Valley State Prison, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman Terry Thornton told USA TODAY Sports.
    The death is being investigated as a suspected suicide, according to press release from the department.
    Phillips, 40, was facing the possible death penalty in the alleged murder of his former cellmate at Kern Valley State Prison.
    Tony Zane, who coached Phillips at Baldwin Park High School in Southern California, said he received a letter from Phillips about a month ago and there was no indication Phillips was suicidal.
    "It had nothing indicating anything like this,'' Zane told USA TODAY Sports. "He was talking about the fact that his mom had gotten him an attorney.''
    Phillips' former cellmate, Damion Soward, was found unresponsive April 11 in the cell the men shared and died as a result of strangulation, according to a coroner’s report. What was believed to be blood was found on Soward, Phillips’ white T-shirt and on several items, including the two T-shirts, pill bottles, a folder and a bag, according to the incident report.
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    Lawrence Phillips hinted at murder a month before cellmate found dead





    Prison officials immediately identified Phillips as a suspect and the Kern County District Attorney’s office launched an investigation. Criminal charges were filed Sept. 1.
    The month before his cellmate’s death, Phillips wrote a letter to his mother saying he thought his anger might lead to his death or someone else's death.
    "I feel myself very close to snapping,'' wrote Phillips in a letter dated March 5, 2015. "My anger grows daily as I have become fed up with prison. I feel my anger is near bursting and that will result in my death or the death of someone else.''
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    FOR THE WIN
    The terrifying prison letters from ex-Nebraska star Lawrence Phillips





    Phillips was the star running back on the University of Nebraska’s national championship teams in 1994 and 1995, and a first-round pick, sixth overall, in the 1996 NFL draft. He played for three seasons with the St. Louis Rams, Miami Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers. In 2009, he was sentenced to 31 years in prison for two separate incidents — driving his car into three teenagers and assaulting an ex-girlfriend.
    PHOTOS: Lawrence Phillips through the years
    We're looking for people that are fundamentally different,” vice president of player personnel Andy Weidl said Saturday night. “The love and passion for football, it's non-negotiable. They're caring, their character, they do the right thing persistently, and they have a relentless playing style that you can see on tape. The motor, it burns hot. You see them finishing plays. They have a team-first mentality. They're selfless individuals.

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    Wow. One of the most idiotic people to pass through the league. The guy just continued in a down ward spiral even after landing in jail.
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    • #3
      Methinks they ought to take a look at his brain, and see if there are tau proteins present.

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      • #4
        agree EB. They will look at his brain and find it abnormal. Whether it was football hits, drugs, or whatever he just wasn't right. But I gotta say I can't feel for someone who had it all and threw it away. Even if it wasn't controllable
        Wait until next year is a terrible philosophy
        Hope is not a strategy
        RIP

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        • #5
          Originally posted by NoDakIggle` View Post
          agree EB. They will look at his brain and find it abnormal. Whether it was football hits, drugs, or whatever he just wasn't right. But I gotta say I can't feel for someone who had it all and threw it away. Even if it wasn't controllable
          I Just wish that Greg Hardy had gone to visit and we had gotten a 2 fer
          We're looking for people that are fundamentally different,” vice president of player personnel Andy Weidl said Saturday night. “The love and passion for football, it's non-negotiable. They're caring, their character, they do the right thing persistently, and they have a relentless playing style that you can see on tape. The motor, it burns hot. You see them finishing plays. They have a team-first mentality. They're selfless individuals.

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          • #6
            I know you guys might not agree with this but...

            Lawrence Phillips failed society for sure. But society, and grown adults who knew better, failed Lawrence Phillips way worse first. Not making excuses for the man, but he likely died able to count on one hand the amount of people who loved him as a human being, not a football star. As a Christian, I hope grace found him too and he is safe at home.
            You know Darren if you'd have told me 10 years ago that someday I was going to solve the world's energy problems I'd have said your crazy.... now lets drop this big ball of oil out the window.

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            • #7
              I still can't help but wonder if this is another situation like Cris Henry. A guy with serious behavioral issues, and everyone thinks he's just another bad apple. Until they look at his brain and find CTE. If Phillips suffered from CTE, that would certainly go a long way in explaining his fall from grace. And, it really makes you think about concussions in youth football programs.

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