According to FOX 31 in Denver, Denver Broncos wide receiver Kenny McKinley was found dead of an apparent suicide at some point Monday. McKinley was just 23 years old.
McKinley, who played in eight games last season as a rookie and was placed on injured reserve before the start of the 2010 season, was a fifth-round draft pick of the Broncos following a stellar career with the Gamecocks that saw him leave the school as the SEC's third-leading receiver with 207 receptions. He ended his career at South Carolina as the school's leading receiver.
South Carolina head coach Spurrier was told of McKinley's death at practice and was said to be shaken. Members of the school's support staff, Travis Haney of the Charleston Post & Courier wrote on Twitter, "are very upset".
Spurrier, who referred to McKinley as one of his "all-time favorite Gamecocks", said he saw McKinley at the school's Sept. 11 game against Georgia and "he seemed to be in good spirits. Great smile, like he always had."
"I don't understand it, if it happened the way they say. It's hard to comprehend," Spurrier said.
Posted by John Taylor
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