Keith McCants Death – Obituary: Our heartfelt condolences to the friends and family of Keith McCants. The Mobile, AL native (Murphy HS) was a 1st Rd, 4 overall picks by the @Buccaneers in the 1990 NFL Draft. We are saddened to hear the news of his passing.
On September 2nd, 2021, InsideEko Media learned about the death of Keith McCants through social media publications made on Twitter.
InsideEko is yet to confirm Keith McCants’s cause of death as no health issues, accident or other causes of death have been learned to be associated with the passing.
This death has caused a lot of friends and family of McCants much hurt. In that mourning spirit, concerned persons have taken to social media to share tributes to the deceased and condolences to the affected family
Tributes To Keith McCants
Across social media users’ timelines are statements that show respect, admiration, and gratitude towards McCants as people mourn the passing.
I’m sorry to hear about the passing of former Alabama Football star Keith McCants (confirmed by WVTM 13). The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of the Mobile native. Deputies say they responded to his residence in St. Petersburg this morning at about 5:10 a.m. and found him inside the residence deceased. Investigators say McCants appears to have died from a drug overdose. Back in the late 80s, Keith McCants was one of the most feared defensive linemen in football. He had 119 tackles for the Crimson Tide in 1989, and in 1990 he was drafted #4 overall by the Tampa Bay Bucs. McCants lived a tough life. He was arrested dozens of times on drug charges. He suffered from addiction, depression, and homelessness- in fact, at one point, McCants was homeless for two years. A few years back, I visited with McCants and felt that he was turning his life around- he had written a book about his difficult life. Keith McCants was only 53 years old at the time of his death. May the former Crimson Tide star Rest In Peace.
Mobilian and former Alabama All-American linebacker Keith McCants were found dead today in St. Petersburg, Fla., at the age of 53. I felt it a privilege to be his friend and to be able to cover him at Murphy High and at UA while I was at the Press-Register. When I think of Keith, I think of his awesome athletic skills, his soft-spoken manner, and his compassion and charity. He offered to buy me a Jeep after he left UA early and when I gratefully declined he didn’t understand why. He just wanted to make people happy. It was a career highlight for me to cover him in high school and at Alabama. One time before he was drafted, he joined me and my Sunday night crew for a basketball game. He was a terrific basketball player. He bent the rim on a dunk but when I told the coach the next day who bent it, I think he was honored. Before we knew it, the gym began to fill up with fans and before Keith left he signed a bunch of autographs. Keith’s gentle nature off the field belied his vicious persona on it. He had a twin brother who died at birth and I think he played hard for the brother who never got the chance. His troubles are well-documented and don’t need to be elaborated on here. Many tried to help him, including me, but none of us could heal his wounds. He was the only one who could and it speaks well that he turned his life around. While I grieve his passing, I am happy his struggles are over and he is walking (maybe running) on the streets of heaven.
Father, We come before you once again with even more sadness in our hearts as we have learned of the tragic death of Keith McCants. We remain shocked at how someone with so much life left to live could be taken from us. We thank you for giving Keith to us for the time he was here. We humbly ask that you would comfort his family in only the way that you can. Also, may Keith’s life serve as another reminder that the time we have here is both precious and fragile. And help us to take advantage of that time to do good to others and to shine your light as you would want us to do. In Jesus Name, Amen
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