Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Josh Brent is retiring for the second time since the drunken-driving crash that killed his teammate Jerry Brown and derailed Brent’s career.
Brent, 27, returned to football briefly last year after serving a 10-game suspension. He retired before training camp in 2013 while awaiting trial in Dallas on a charge of intoxication manslaughter. He was convicted early last year, and a 10-year prison term was suspended.
Brent, who also had a drunken-driving conviction in Illinois, spent about six months in prison. “I have made the decision that football isn’t as much of a priority in my life as other things at this time,” Brent said in a statement released by his agent.