{"id":1848576,"date":"2023-02-15T14:35:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T19:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1848576"},"modified":"2023-02-15T14:35:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T19:35:50","slug":"former-nfl-defensive-back-stanley-wilson-jr-dead-at-40-after-collapsing-in-mental-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nfl-defensive-back-stanley-wilson-jr-dead-at-40-after-collapsing-in-mental-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NFL Defensive Back Stanley Wilson Jr. Dead At 40 After Collapsing In Mental Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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-defensive-back-stanley-wilson-jr-dead-at-40-after-collapsing-in-mental-hospital%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=1848576&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-->\n<p>Stanley Wilson Jr., a former Detroit Lions defensive back, died in hospital earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>TMZ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/02\/15\/ex-nfl-db-stanley-wilson-dead-at-40-after-collapsing-at-state-hospital\/\">reported<\/a> Wilson was transferred to the hospital on February 1, after being deemed incompetent for trial in a vandalism matter. He had been arrested in August last year.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, he died from collapse shortly after arriving at the facility. No foul play was suspected.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson was selected in the third round by the NFL Draft 2005 from Stanford University. After three seasons with the Lions, he suffered a devastating Achilles tendon injury that ended his career.<\/p>\n<p>According to the police, Wilson was arrested for burglary three times between 2016-17. He was reportedly naked and high in methamphetamine. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/where-is-scorned-bengals-fullback-stanley-wilson-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sports casting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson was the son Stanley Wilson Sr. Wilson, who also played in NFL and suffered serious mental and legal problems off the field.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson Sr. was drafted out of Oklahoma in the 9th Round of 1983 NFL Draft. He ran back for the Cincinnati Bengals.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson Sr. was expelled for two seasons due to his cocaine addiction.<\/p>\n<p>He reached the low point in his career in an event that should have been his high point: Super Bowl XXIII, 1989.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson Sr. became high again while getting ready for the game.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson vanished during the Super Bowl, while authorities searched for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis just shows how terrible this [drug] stuff is,\u201d said Wilson Sr.\u2019s agent, Reggie Turner. \u201cHis mother and father are here for the game and they are just devastated. They don\u2019t know what has happened to their son. No one has found him yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bengals Coach Sam WycHe was saddened over the incident and lamented how drugs overtook Wilson Sr.\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tragedy with Stanley Wilson is not in a football sense,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/archive\/sports\/1989\/01\/23\/bengals-wilson-missing-after-substance-violation\/94716815-a0c8-4950-8000-2cd9ffe38d3c\/\"><\/a>. \u201cThere was a precious life that was lost last night to something I heard George Bush say he was going to purge this country of. And I plead with our president to do that. Because Stanley Wilson didn\u2019t screw up; the cocaine overtook him. And I don\u2019t know why our country is going to hell in a handbasket, and we don\u2019t even know it. This [Wilson incident] is a symptom of it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Detroit Lions defensive back Stanley Wilson Jr. reportedly died earlier this month after collapsing at a mental hospital. TMZ reported that Wilson was moved to the hospital on Feb. 1 after he was deemed incompetent to stand trial in a vandalism case following an arrest in August of last year. 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