Former Alabama and NFL linebacker Keith McCants was found dead in his St. Petersburg, Florida home early Thursday morning, according to Mark Heim of AL.com. He was 53.
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office received a call at around 5:10 a.m. ET by one of the residents of the home where McCants was living.
"Deputies responded there, went inside and it was an obvious death,” the spokesperson for the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office told Heim. "There was no sign of life. He was pronounced deceased. As of this time, it appears to be a drug overdose.