O. J. Murdock

Orenthal James "O. J." Murdock (February 15, 1987 – July 30, 2012) was an American football wide receiver. He played two years of college football at the University of South Carolina, and later transferred to Pearl River Community College and Fort Hays State University. He was signed by the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2011, and spent his only NFL season, 2011, on the injured reserve list with an Achilles tendon rupture. He never made an appearance in an NFL game. Murdock had been absent from Titans training camp for "personal reasons" and he was placed on the reserve/did not report list on July 28, 2012. On July 30, 2012, Murdock was found in his car outside his alma mater, George S. Middleton High School in Tampa, Florida, with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was taken to Tampa General Hospital where he later died. He was 25.