NFL icon Junior Seau, 43, found dead of an apparent suicide

[HeyRiles]

His depression was likely due to the amount of hits in the head he took when he played and he shot himself in the chest rather than the head probably because he wanted people to look at his brain afterwards - there was some other football player a couple years ago that killed himself in the same way

It's possible that he wasn't even depressed at all, but due to various concussions he may have believed that this was the best way for him to help the fight against concussions in football, in his own twisted, broken mind after suffering several concussions himself. There was clearly some reasoning towards shooting himself in the chest and not the brain

[darkwinterbeast8]

Sad news indeed. I could've sworn Seau was playing for the Patriots 2 years ago, maybe 3 years ago and now he's dead from suicide.

[SheSaidSheSaid]

He had a 20 year playing career, 1990-2009. First 13 years with the San Diego Chargers, next 3 with the Miami Dolphins, last 4 with the New England Patriots.

[Lawdog1521]

Wow...

The first time I've ever read somebody killing themselves by shooting themselves in the chest. I'm skeptical whether or not it really is suicide or not. We'll find out soon enough I suppose.

While defiantly not common, it's not unheard of either. Maybe he was concerned about his family seeing him afterwards or maybe he symbolically chose the spot he hurt.


It was surprising and he seemed like a cool guy. RIP

[Dante1847]

awesome player in his day.