Brian Price, tragedy once again

Our thoughts, prayers, and condolences go out to DT Brian Price and his family. Price was about to board a flight to Tampa last week when received a call that none of us want. His sister, Bridget, had been involved in a car accident. 

"He got the call, and it might have been his dad who told him Bridget has been in an accident and 'I don't think it looks good',''said his agent Charles Price, who is no relation to Brian. "I don't think Brian got to see her alive.''

Bridget was 30 years old and the mother of two sons, a 7 and a 9 year old. Bridget was the victim of a hit-and-run accident that caused her car to "spin out of control, and head on into another vehicle", Price's agent said. She died almost immediately of injuries sustained in a vehicle accident. 

According to Charles Price, Bridget was responsible for helping Brian overcome the shooting death of his two older brothers.

“It’s been a rough couple of years to say the least,'' Charles Price said. "Especially where he’s coming from and it’s as if he can’t catch a break.''

His sister's death exacted a heavy toll on Brian, who had planned to attend the Bucs' first week of Organized Team Activities Tuesday. Brian has apparently become so mentally and physically exhausted, that he was dehydrated and had to be hospitalized, his agent said.

"It was just a situation where like the stress of the whole situation made him sick,'' Charles Price said. "He couldn't hold anything down. He had headaches, and a fever. In fact, he just got out of the hospital (Thursday). I can't speak for him, but I think it was a combination of the mental and physical stress. I was at the funeral and there was just a lot of grief, a lot of anger. His body sort of shut down on him.''

Between his own hamstrings being torn from his pelvis, to losing family members in tragedies, this young man has had his lifetime share of stress thrown upon his shoulders. Please keep him in your thoughts Buc Nation!!!