{"id":1362478,"date":"2022-03-07T13:19:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T18:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1362478"},"modified":"2022-03-07T13:24:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T18:24:01","slug":"former-nfl-offensive-lineman-shane-olivea-dead-at-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nfl-offensive-lineman-shane-olivea-dead-at-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NFL Offensive Lineman Shane Olivea Dead at 40"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-nfl-offensive-lineman-shane-olivea-dead-at-40%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1362478&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Shane Olivea, a former offensive tackle for the then-San Diego Chargers who was known for his standout collegiate career at Ohio State University (OSU), has died on March 2, the Los Angeles Chargers announced in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chargers.com\/news\/chargers-mourn-the-loss-of-shane-olivea\">statement<\/a>. He was 40.<\/p>\n<p>As of Saturday, Olivea\u2019s cause of death was not revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers selected Olivea in the seventh round of the 2004 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-nfl\">NFL<\/a> Draft after his exceptional performance at OSU. He played four seasons in San Diego, starting in 57 of 60 games played.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2006, Olivea was an integral piece of an offensive line that helped Hall of Fame running back LaDainian Tomlinson break the NFL\u2019s single-season touchdown record,\u201d team officials said on March 3.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">rest easy, shane \ud83d\udc99<\/p>\n<p>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SAidJCCB9W\">https:\/\/t.co\/SAidJCCB9W<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YsP1Gr65p0\">pic.twitter.com\/YsP1Gr65p0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Los Angeles Chargers (@chargers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chargers\/status\/1499462389820837891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Chargers cut Olivea from the team in his fourth season after he was admitted to a rehabilitation center in California for an opioid addiction, where he spent 89 days.\u00a0He later played for the United Football League and tried to get in shape for years to make an NFL comeback, but without success.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, prior to Olivea\u2019s removal from the team, he was rewarded with a 6-year $20 million extension, which made him the sixth highest-paid right tackle in the NFL at the time.<\/p>\n<p>After his football career,\u00a0Olivea became vocal about overcoming his addiction to painkillers. During his rehab time at Betty Ford Center, doctors had told him the number of pills he took should have killed him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere wasn\u2019t one day in the NFL I wasn\u2019t high on a pill after my rookie year,\u201d Olivea <a href=\"https:\/\/eu.dispatch.com\/story\/lifestyle\/health-fitness\/2016\/12\/23\/former-buckeye-shane-olivea-breaks\/22752932007\/\">told<\/a> The Columbus Dispatch in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt my height on Vicodin, I would take 125 a day,\u201d he added. \u201cIt got to the point I would take a pile of 15 Vicodin and would have to take them with chocolate milk. If I did it with water or Gatorade, I\u2019d throw it up.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4318557\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Shane-Olivea-3-1200x800-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-large wp-image-4318557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Shane-Olivea-3-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4318557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Shane-Olivea-3-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Running back Michael Turner, #33 of the San Diego Chargers, is congratulated after scoring a touchdown against the Seattle Seahawks by teammate Shane Olivea #70 during the first quarter at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, Calif., on Aug. 26, 2006. (Todd Warshaw\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>In 2015, Olivea returned to OSU as a full-time student in the athletic department to finish his degree. He dropped out of school in 2003 to pursue his NFL career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI looked at it like three times,\u201d Olivea said, per the Columbus Dispatch. \u201cI never thought I\u2019d ever see a college diploma with my name on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tributes poured in for Olivea\u2019s death, including from ex-OSU great Bobby Carpenter and NFL\u2019s Roman Oben, among others who have sent their condolences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery sad to hear the news of my former teammate Shane Olivea,\u201d\u00a0Oben <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/R_Oben\/status\/1499402146436902914\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><em>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntd.com\/former-nfl-offensive-lineman-shane-olivea-dead-at-40_748338.html\">NTD News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-lorenz-duchamps\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WEB_LorenzDuchamps_1.jpg\" alt=\"Lorenz Duchamps\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shane Olivea, a former offensive tackle for the then-San Diego Chargers who was known for his standout collegiate career at Ohio State University (OSU), has died on March 2, the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1362478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1362478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1362478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1362478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1362478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1362478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}