***********Former NFL Running Back Lawrence Phillips Dead (Suicide)**********

[OutlawR.O.C.]

http://m.tmz.com/#article/2016/01/13/lawrence-phillips-dead-ex-nfl-star-found-dead-in-cell/

Ex-NFL star Lawrence Phillips is dead -- and officials say he was found in his cell at Kern Valley State Prison.

Officials say the death is being investigated as a suicide.

The 40-year-old -- who played for the Rams, Dolphins and 49ers -- was serving time at Kern Valley State Prison in California on a 31-year sentence for all sorts of convictions, including spousal abuse.

Most recently, he had been accused of killing his cellmate -- 37-year-old Damion Soward -- and was facing murder charges.

He was a running back at the University of Nebraska in the 1990s before playing in the NFL in a career cut short by off-field incidents and legal trouble.

 

[a1rimrocka]

RIP.. less than 24 hours after the judge decided to put him on trial for 1st degree murder

 

[Tha Great Muta]

This has got to be one of the saddest stories in the history of sports. Im too young to remember him at Nebraska but I heard he had all the talent in the world and I heard that Ray Lewis said he was the toughest opponent he faced . Btw TMZ is real slick with the wording in their articles.

 

[D Kline]

Guess he couldn't deal.

 

[D-TOWN REP]

Clear mental illness

It's real

Rest in peace

 

[the artist]

Damn!

 

[cnc]

Wow

RIP to one who had it all but I concur with D-Town; he couldn't outrun his mind.

 

[3mpimp]

FML! Hall of famer

 

[Mr. Met]

No surprise. Threw his gift away with both hands.

 

[OutlawR.O.C.]

This has got to be one of the saddest stories in the history of sports. Im too young to remember him at Nebraska but I heard he had all the talent in the world and I heard that Ray Lewis said he was the toughest opponent he faced . Btw TMZ is real slick with the wording in their articles.

Dude was a beast and would have been huge had been able to control his demons.

 

[hussla's paradice]

Waste of talent.

 

[OutlawR.O.C.]

I wonder if we're looking at Aaron Hernandez's future.

 

[bigjayler]

Shame he was a beast with the Huskers.

 

[BigATLslim]

Yooooooooo...I just reported on this.

An individual where TROUBLE and TALENT resided in one EQUALLY.

If you watched him live, one of THE best college running backs to ever take a handoff.

 

[REDLINE]

Unfortunately he was a beast on and off the field....

 

[mexico]

Good for him. Dude's life was full of turmoil. Never looked like he ever had a sense of peace. Maybe he's got it now.


And I do remember him at Nebraska. One of the top five runners i ever saw with my own eyes. There were guys who came after that won Heismans who I wouldn't put in front of him. Too bad he never translated any of that talent to the NFL.

 

[OutlawR.O.C.]

Yooooooooo...I just reported on this.

An individual where TROUBLE and TALENT resided in one EQUALLY.

If you watched him live, one of THE best college running backs to ever take a handoff.

You're a reporter?

 

[MonkeyBizness]

Clear mental illness

It's real

Rest in peace

Yeah… read a long form piece on dude. He had some real issues growing up. Clearly fucked him up as a teenager growing into a young man. Never got the help he needed. Tragic.

 

[fonzerrillii]

Damn... Sad to say it, but maybe this is the best result for him. I don't think we can imagine the Demons that were chasing after that dude.

 

[OutlawR.O.C.]

Yeah… read a long form piece on dude. He had some real issues growing up. Clearly fucked him up as a teenager growing into a young man. Never got the help he needed. Tragic.

Do you remember who did the article? Sounds like it would be a good read.

 

[OutlawR.O.C.]

Damn... Sad to say it, but maybe this is the best result for him. I don't think we can imagine the Demons that were chasing after that dude.

Yeah, and now facing the possibility if never getting out

 

[MonkeyBizness]

Do you remember who did the article? Sounds like it would be a good read.

More than likely it was Deadspin. I'm sure with his death it will pop back up. When I come across it, I'll post.

 

[Spectrum]

This has got to be one of the saddest stories in the history of sports. Im too young to remember him at Nebraska but I heard he had all the talent in the world and I heard that Ray Lewis said he was the toughest opponent he faced . Btw TMZ is real slick with the wording in their articles.

He always had serious problems. He's the reason why Montana had to retire too....but yeah...he was really good at nebraska, but you just knew he was going to implode. He needed treatment.

 

[ballscout1]

already doing 31 years and facing a murder charge that would have got him life with no parole and most likely would have made him transfer to a max pen.He decided that ain't no life..

 

[OutlawR.O.C.]

He always had serious problems. He's the reason why Montana had to retire too....but yeah...he was really good at nebraska, but you just knew he was going to implode. He needed treatment.

What happened with Montana?

 

[MonkeyBizness]

Do you remember who did the article? Sounds like it would be a good read.

My bad. Bleacher Report.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-a-dead-cellmate-and-another-day-of-reckoning

This doesn't exonerate Phillips from the shit he did, but you can see the kid had demons.

 

[OutlawR.O.C.]

My bad. Bleacher Report.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-a-dead-cellmate-and-another-day-of-reckoning

This doesn't exonerate Phillips from the shit he did, but you can see the kid had demons.

Good looking

 

[JazzyBenz]

Wow....just WOW! R.i.p.

 

[Naha-Nago]

My bad. Bleacher Report.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-a-dead-cellmate-and-another-day-of-reckoning

This doesn't exonerate Phillips from the shit he did, but you can see the kid had demons.

Will read.

*two cents *

 

[World B Free]

Rip

 

[Spectrum]

What happened with Montana?

My bad.. it was Steve Young..missed a block and he got CRUSHED

 

[BigATLslim]

You're a reporter?

Of sorts. I'm a online narrator for a news video production company.

 

[Mt. Yukon]

And I do remember him at Nebraska. One of the top five runners i ever saw with my own eyes. There were guys who came after that won Heismans who I wouldn't put in front of him. Too bad he never translated any of that talent to the NFL.

This. I remember him at Nebraska and with the Rams... Great college back that the NFL ate up. Could've been his off field issue, could've been he wasn't good enough. But he was just another guy in the NFL.

 

[OutlawR.O.C.]

Of sorts. I'm a online narrator for a news video production company.

Sounds like a sweet gig

 

[XXXplosive]

This has got to be one of the saddest stories in the history of sports. Im too young to remember him at Nebraska but I heard he had all the talent in the world and I heard that Ray Lewis said he was the toughest opponent he faced . Btw TMZ is real slick with the wording in their articles.

My dad went to Nebraska, so I grew up watching all the Huskers games.
Lawrence Phillips was a fucking beast at Nebraska.
Was good enough to have won a Heisman, but even in college he was fucking up.
Was charged with beating his girl and dragging her down some stairs.
Tom Osborne suspended him for like one game and still had him play that season where they won the 2nd of back-to-back national championships.
Dude had demons his whole life, he was orphaned and raised in group homes as a child.
Fucked up end to his life.

RIP