washington drafted him but he never made the active roster. players take this stuff to deal with pain, so me must have been a meth head.
Colton James Brennan (August 16, 1983 – May 11, 2021) was an American
football player who was a
quarterback. He played
college football for the
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, where he was a two-time, third-team
All-American before being selected by the
Washington Redskins of the
National Football League (NFL) in the sixth round of the
2008 NFL Draft.
With Hawaii in 2006, Brennan threw the second-most passing
touchdowns in one season in
NCAA Division I history with 58.
[1][2] He holds several other NCAA Division I FBS records.
Brennan was arrested on July 25, 2012, in
Kailua, Honolulu County, Hawaii, on suspicion of
driving under the influence and third-degree promotion of a dangerous drug.
[59] His
blood-alcohol level was 0.17 percent, more than twice the legal limit for driving a vehicle.
[60] He was released the next day without charges.
[59] In August 2012, Brennan was charged with drunken driving, but he was not charged for cocaine residue found in a plastic packet in the car.
[61] Despite entering a not guilty plea in November 2012,
[62] Brennan pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol on July 31, 2013, and he paid a $300 fine.
[63]
In 2015, Brennan allegedly filed a false police report that his vehicle was stolen, something his attorney blamed on memory problems stemming from his 2010 car crash injuries. Charges were later dropped.
[64]
On December 10, 2019, Brennan was arrested once again for operating a vehicle under the influence in
Kaneohe.
[64]
On August 1, 2020, Brennan was arrested for trespassing and refusing to leave a hotel in
Kailua-Kona while "heavily intoxicated". He was charged with second-degree trespassing; bail was set at $250, but he remained in jail until his hearing several days later. The judge granted his lawyer's request for court-supervised release without bail until his next scheduled court appearance later that month.
[65]
On May 10, 2021, Brennan was found unconscious at a hotel room after ingesting
fentanyl. He was hospitalized in
Newport Beach, California, and died the following day, at age 37. Brennan had attempted to enter a detox center hours before ingesting fentanyl but was turned away because there were no open beds available. He died of accidental OD.
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