nytimes September 4, 2021 11:00pm Keith McCants, Football Star Laid Low by Drugs, Dies at 53 #football #drugabuseandtraffic #sportsinjuries #draftandrecruitmentsports #painrelievingdrugs #deathsobituaries #nationalfootballleague #tampabaybuccaneers #mccantskeith #news Keith McCants, Football Star Laid Low by Drugs, Dies at 53 At one time the N.F.L.’s highest-paid defensive player, he left the league after six seasons and fell into a spiral of addiction, homelessness and desolation.