Denver Broncos reserve tailback Damien Nash collapsed and died Saturday evening after an appearance in a charity basketball game in St. Louis.
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Nash, a two-year NFL veteran, was 24.
Agent David Canter confirmed his client's death, as did Denver team officials.
Canter, who is attending the annual NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis, was first contacted by ESPN.com earlier in the evening, after ESPN.com received reports of Nash's death from people close to other players who had participated in the basketball game. While he was on the phone with ESPN.com, Canter, who was unaware of the incident, received a call from Denver officials confirming Nash's death.
"It's true," said an obviously distraught Canter. "It's true. I don't know what more to say right now, OK?"
Details of the incident were not yet available, and an official with the St. Louis police said an investigation was in its "very earliest" stages.
A former University of Missouri standout, Nash entered the NFL as a fifth-round choice of the Tennessee Titans in 2005. He played three games with the Titans as a rookie, and then signed with Denver as a free agent last August. In his one season in Denver, he appeared in three games, rushing 18 times for 66 yards.
Nash is the second Broncos' player to die since the end of the 2006 season. Two-year veteran cornerback Darrent Williams was shot to death in a limousine after leaving a Denver-area nightclub on Jan. 1.
Senior writer Len Pasquarelli covers the NFL for ESPN.com.
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(CBS4) ST. LOUIS CBS4's Gary Miller is reporting that Broncos' running back Damien Nash has died after collapsing at a charity basketball game in St. Louis.
Nash was a second-year running back who joined the Broncos as a free agent on Aug. 3, 2006. He played in three games with the Titans as a rookie.
According to the web site STLtoday.com, the celebrity basketball game featured nine NFL players and took place at Riverview Gardens High School in St. Louis.
The proceeds of the event were to benefit the Darris Nash Find A Heart Foundation, which raises money for heart transplant research. Darris Nash, 25, is the older brother of Damien Nash, who was a standout running back at Riverview and East St. Louis.
Damien Nash played at Missouri. The foundation was created last month, after Darris Nash received a heart transplant.
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I went to high school (Riverview Gardens) with dude...I just saw this sh!t on the news. He was our tailback the year we won state...he was a fukkin beast. The year after, he started as QB and was the rawest HS QB I've personally ever saw play...They ended up firing our coach over some bullsh!t involving and he transferred to East St. Louis after the coach got hired there....sh!t's real sad to here...
Damn...he held and played in a charity basketball game at Riverview, our old highschool, today...apparently heart problems ran in his family, his older brother had already recieved a heart transplant and they were raising money for some foundation they started....after playing the game, he collasped and died a couple hours later...crazy sh!t...I might end up going to the funeral
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