luvftball09 10 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Anyone have any info on Chris Mims? Just heard on the news he was found dead but nothing else... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Anyone have any info on Chris Mims? Just heard on the news he was found dead but nothing else... Link: http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/8679946?MSNHPHMA Story: LOS ANGELES (AP) - Chris Mims, a former defensive lineman for the San Diego Chargers beset by legal problems, was found dead in his downtown apartment Wednesday. He was 38. Authorities said there was no evidence of foul play. Mims played eight seasons in the NFL, seven with the Chargers and one with the Washington Redskins. He retired in 2000, finishing with 42 sacks and 10 forced fumbles in 104 games. The 6-foot-5 Mims battled weight problems and once referred to himself as the "Fat Doctor" because he often tipped the scales at more than 300 pounds. Mims was drafted out of Tennessee in the first round by San Diego in 1992. He had a career-high 11 sacks when the Chargers won the AFC in 1994. He returned the next season but made only two sacks. After the 1995 season ended following a playoff loss to Indianapolis, Mims was almost an hour late for the team's final meeting, coming out of a limousine disheveled. The Chargers released him in 1997. A year later, Mims was convicted of refusing to take a blood-alcohol test after being pulled over for suspicion of drunken driving. His driver's license was suspended for a year. A judge had previously found Mims innocent of driving under the influence because prosecutors failed to prove their case. In 1999, a man claimed Mims attacked him outside a fast-food restaurant and stole his tacos. Tennessee Vols coach Phillip Fulmer, who was offensive coordinator at the time Mims was a player, recalled how Mims and his teammates helped turn around a struggling defense in the early '90s. "I had to coach against him every day in practice, and that was no fun," Fulmer said Thursday. "That's really a sad thing, a very young person to be passing away at that age." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefieldRocks 14 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 I thought it said "Fulmer"....Wouldnt have shocked me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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