Jacksonville's Richard Collier Fights For His Life

Ok... Football really needs to hurry up and get started because these football players are getting in to too much trouble. Last week, I gave you the story on Jacksonville's Wide Receiver Dennis Northcutt supposedly having his baby mama beat up by his cousin. Now, Jacksonville's offensive tackle, Richard Collier is in a Jacksonville hospital fighting for his life right now.

The 26 year old Collier and former teammate Kenneth Pettway were waiting in a car outside an apartment building when a gunman shot into the vehicle, said Jacksonville Sheriff's Office spokesman Ken Jefferson. Collier was shot several times but it's not clear where he was hit.

The shooting happened around 2:45 a.m. in a middle-to upper class neighborhood just west of downtown Jacksonville. Collier was in critical condition at Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, a hospital official said. The motive behind the attack was unclear, and the sheriff's office was investigating.