You may remember the story of Jacksonville Jaguars offensive lineman Richard Collier being shot earlier this season.  If you don’t, here’s a quick recap.  Richard was out with former teammate Kenny Pettway back on September 2nd when they met a couple of women out at the club.   So Richard and Kenny went to the ladies apartment building, and while they were waiting outside for them, somebody rolled up on the two of them and started firing.

While Pettway escaped unharmed, the same couldn’t be said for Collier.  He was shot 14 times — 14 times! — and with two of the bullets hitting him in his lower spine, Collier was left paralyzed from the waist down.   Later a blood clot in his left leg forced doctors to amputate the leg from the knee down.  Obviously it was a terrible night for Collier, but the odd part of it is, he never even realized he’d been shot.

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