When he heard the news that his good friend and former teammate was gone, Giants running back Wayne Gallman was shocked.
“I couldn’t believe it,” Gallman told Newsday in the Giants’ locker room Thursday.
Former Clemson running back C.J. Fuller, who played with Gallman on the Tigers’ 2016 national championship team, died Wednesday after being taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville, S.C. The cause of death has not been released.
“I was close to C.J., and it’s still crazy to believe that it happened,” Gallman said. “I’m still getting details about what happened, but I’m not sure yet.