Alabama Offensive Lineman found dead

[kjrisherky]

From actionnewsJAX.com

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. -- A football player for the Alabama Crimson Tide has died in Northeast Florida.

The Fernandina Beach Police Department told Action News officers found Aaron Douglas dead around 8 a.m. Thursday on 1st Avenue. No word yet on a cause. Investigators have been at the scene all morning. Douglas, 21, had been in town on vacation since Tuesday, according to police. Fernandina Beach is about 30 miles north of Jacksonville.

Douglas was a 6'7", 275 pound offensive lineman. He starred as a tight end at Maryville High School in Tennessee, and according to the University of Alabama he became a star offensive tackle at the University of Tennessee where he became an All-American.

Douglas left Tennessee in March 2010 to reportedly deal with "personal issues." He played at Arizona Western College before transferring to the University of Alabama. The university says Douglas' father played at Tennessee and with the Cincinnati Bengals in the NFL.

Action News has a crew in Fernandina Beach gathering more information on this developing story. Watch Action News beginning at 5 p.m. on CBS47.

 

[GravyJones]

ESPN is so... Something or other.

 

[hawkeye2188]

I think ESPN could have handled it a little bit better.

 

[edr247]

ESPN is so... Something or other.

Good lord, talk about classless...

 

[theboat]

After reading that from ESPN, I m suprised they didn't go with a story on "oversigning."

 

[DexterMorgan]

Word round the campfire is he had a substance abuse problem and this is most likely connected to that.

 

[MNHawkeyeFreak]

ESPN is so... Something or other.

That is awful....but not much different than the news orgs guessing who was going to be to steppin' up to take OBL's place.


Btw, Nice Archer avatar mr jones.

 

[Hawkfromnorwalk]

ESPN is so... Something or other.

This definitely calls for the "too soon" moniker.

 

[MultipleDundieAwardWinner]

ESPN is so... Something or other.

Kind of makes you wonder what kind of horrible crap you can read if you pay them the $2.50. My guess is something like, "Auburn fans rejoice as lineman's death causes turmoil in the Alabama depth chart".

 

[PhoenixHawk]

Surprised they didn't go with "Auburn - Alabama rivalry getting even more heated"

 

[JailBreak81]

ESPN is so... Something or other.

WOW... /smh

 

[edr247]

That is awful....but not much different than the news orgs guessing who was going to be to steppin' up to take OBL's place.


Btw, Nice Archer avatar mr jones.

...did you...did you just compare the Bama line to al-Qaeda?

 

[kicker22]

Tragic news. Thoughts and prayers go out to the family.

Way to stay classy ESPN.

 

[Clark]

Interesting. This is the article I read on ESPN

Alabama Crimson Tide's Aaron Douglas found dead - ESPN

Edit: don't let facts get in the way of the hating though

 

[JailBreak81]

Interesting. This is the article I read on ESPN

Alabama Crimson Tide's Aaron Douglas found dead - ESPN

Edit: don't let facts get in the way of the hating though

What does that have to do with the insider update quoted above?

 

[Clark]

What does that have to do with the insider update quoted above?

That insider quote is from the Rumors section where it's their job to tell people how a trade, injury, or death in this case will affect the lineup.

It's not on the front page and you have to look for it to even find it.