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RIP Caleb Swanigan

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Jake from State Farm, Jun 21, 2022.

  1. Jake from State Farm

    Jake from State Farm Well-Known Member

  2. Scout

    Scout Well-Known Member

    RIP

    Twenty years ago this never makes it out of regional news, now it's an alert on millions of phones. Weird how news has changed.
     
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  3. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    I hate to speculate and I won't, but I think Marfan Syndrome is out as a cause. He was big and beefy.
     
  4. HappyCurmudgeon

    HappyCurmudgeon Well-Known Member

    I followed him a good bit out of Purdue because he was a heck of a story. Unfortunately he struggled with old addictions and was in really bad shape physically, mentally and otherwise with no one around him to help.
     
  5. BartonK

    BartonK Active Member

    Last time he appeared in public, at a marijuana sentencing hearing, he had gained roughly 150 pounds in a fairly short time since leaving the NBA.
     
  6. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    What does dying "of natural causes" at 25 even mean?
     
  7. Mngwa

    Mngwa Well-Known Member

  8. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    Then he died of obesity. The body does not want to die at 25 without disease or stuff being done to it. He died of the stuff.
     
  9. Tighthead

    Tighthead Well-Known Member

    It means there was no trauma, no suicide or homicide and nothing like drugs involved. A heart attack is considered natural cause.
     
  10. Jake from State Farm

    Jake from State Farm Well-Known Member

    Swanigan was a big time recruit
    He committed to Michigan State in a move that surprised even Tom Izzo
    He came in with all kinds of demands from Roosevelt Barnes, a former Lions LB turned agent who was his legal guardian
    Izzo was quite relieved when Swanigan decommitted a month later and eventually went to Purdue
    Classic great college player who wasn’t quite good enough for the NBA
     
  11. Scout

    Scout Well-Known Member

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  12. BartonK

    BartonK Active Member

    He was on an NBA roster when the league shut down in March 2020. How do you go from an NBA-caliber body to dead of obesity in 27 months?
     
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