Sunday, February 25, 2007
Bronco Damien Nash Dies
You will remember him for a few days: A former University of Missouri standout, fifth-round choice of the Tennessee Titans in 2005, signed as a free agent with Denver last August; in his one season in Denver, he appeared in three games, rushing 18 times for 66 yards.
You will read that he died after playing a charity basketball game in St. Louis to raise for the Darris Nash Foundation. The foundation was created last month after his older brother, 25, received a heart transplant.
But let's face it. Soon, the next Pacman Jones debacle will erase Damien Nash's name from our memory banks.
The loss of a promising player and young father, dying moments after holding his infant daughter. Pacman Jones in perfect health.
It really makes you wonder.
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Having witnessed Nash's entire career at Missouri, I couldn't believe he actually got a second chance in the NFL after getting cut. It took him about two years to make Mizzou's team due to academics and injuries; when he finally made the team, he was less effective than less-heralded backs, and butted heads with Pinkel to boot.
That's not to say this isn't sad, more that I wouldn't have expected him to be making NFL news, for better or worse.
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