All-American Tragedy: The Rise And Fall Of College Football Greats


 

Lawrence Phillips, a former All-American running back with the Nebraska Cornhuskers, was the 6th overall pick in the 1996 NFL draft and believed to be a game-changing runner who could take the league by storm.

Instead, Phillips found himself in major off-the-field incidents that led to him being incarcerated and, tragically, just found dead in his cell from an apparent suicide.

Phillips joins a long list of players who starred on the college gridiron, yet flopped in the pros for whatever reason, sadly finding themselves going from All-Americans to out of football and in trouble with the law.

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Nick's a Sr. Editor for BroBible, mainly relying on his Sports Encyclopedia-like mind to write about things. He's also the co-host of the BroBible podcast "We Run This," and can be seen sweating his ass off while frequently running 10+ miles around Seattle.