Footballer Rashaan Salaam was found dead

Footballer Rashaan Salaam, winner of the prize from Buffalo in 1994, was found dead in a Park in boulder. He was 42 years old. The press-Secretary of police said that the cause of death will be known after the autopsy.
USA Today reported that police suspect that the death is a suicide.

"Investigators said they found a suicide note and would like podelitsa us," said the mother of a football player USA Today. Rashaan Salaam were found in a Park shortly before 9 p.m. Monday. "He had a good heart. I loved being around him," said former Colorado coach bill McCartney CUBuffs.com. "He did not take himself too seriously and he always attributed the success to those who were around him. What I liked about him is that he had a spark in his eyes. He was upbeat and positive."

Former teammate Chad brown said he was "very saddened" by this news. "We lost a true Buffalo today," he wrote on Twitter. Salaam was the youngest player in the NFL and was a rookie of the year in 1995, but he played only 33 games in his professional career. According to CUBuffs.com he's got a knee injury. Salaam played in the short-lived XFL and the canadian football League.

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