Johnson died on Tuesday due to suicide, Tuesday, TMZ reportedWith reference to the police in Florida.
“Rudi was a good person and an excellent run for us,” said Bengals president Mike Brown in one Statement posted on x By the team. “He was reliable and productive as a player, and very popular with his teammates. Everyone liked him and saw him as a dear friend. We were deeply sad because of his death.”
Johnson was a fourth round pick of the Bengal from Auburn in 2001.
In 2003 he won 957 meters in front of the team and then settled as a star. He hurried for more than 1,000 in the following seasons – 1,454 in 2004 to set a team record, 1,458 in 2005 to break his own stamp, and 1,309 in 2006. He scored 12 touchdowns in each of those years.
TMZ wrote that a family member revealed that Johnson “recently struggled with psychological problems and the possible effects of CTE that he could not overcome.”
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is A brain disorder caused by repeated head trauma. A Study last year Discovered that about a third of the NFL alums believe they have CTE, although it can only be officially diagnosed in death.
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Johnson ended his career in 2008 at the Detroit Lions.
