RIP Vincent Jackson

[Regan MacNeil]

 

[Jerry-atric]

This is terrible news. Mr. Jackson was an all-time great for two different franchises.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Isn't Bo Jackson's first name Vincent?

 

[dixiehack]

Isn't Bo Jackson's first name Vincent?

Yes, but he’s some two decades older than this guy.

 

[TigerVols]

Yes, but he’s some two decades older than this guy.

He knows.

 

[HappyCurmudgeon]

Vincent was good on the field, but he was a much bigger presence off the field. He was always first in line to help out with charitable work or bring his presence and awareness to an issue in the community that needed attention. Vincent took a special interest in military families and helping veterans finish their education or gain employment to ease the transition back to civilian life, because he himself was the son of parents in the military. He was very gracious with his time and he stood and someone that a people in the Tampa Bay knew they could count on. It's very shocking. A tough loss.

 

[Jerry-atric]

Isn't Bo Jackson's first name Vincent?

@Regan MacNeil should have clarified this.

 

[micropolitan guy]

@Regan MacNeil should have clarified this.

I knew it wasn't Bo Jackson. Just couldn't remember if Bo's first name was also Vincent.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Ugh. Just awful. Obviously at that point he didn’t care, but just seems like an awful way to go.

TAMPA, Fla. -- Former NFL receiver Vincent Jackson might have died in his Florida hotel room up to three days before being pronounced dead there, according to new information released by the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner on Thursday.

Jackson, the former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver, was found dead in a Brandon, Florida, hotel room on Monday. He was 38.

The new details released by the medical examiner's office Thursday came on the same day a Jackson family spokesperson confirmed to ESPN that the family donated his brain to Boston University's CTE Center in an effort to learn more from his death.

Based on the timeline of events described in the Initial Case Summary provided to ESPN by the medical examiner's office, Jackson was located by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office as part of a welfare check on Feb. 12. Then on Feb. 13 and 14, the hotel staff entered his room and noticed that he was seated on the couch but slouched over.

"They assumed he was sleeping and left the room," the report said.

On Feb. 15, hotel staff again entered Jackson's room and determined he hadn't moved from his previous spot and called 911 at 11:37 a.m. There were no signs of trauma or injury, other than a small laceration on his left big toe, according to the report.​

Report: Jackson may have died days before found