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Limas Sweed Battling Depression, Suing NCAA For Negligence Over Concussions

Limas Sweed is roundly regarded as the first ‘bust’ of the Mike Tomlin era for the Pittsburgh Steelers. A second-round draft pick in 2008, Tomlin’s second season, he would finish his professional career with seven receptions for 69 yards and a dropped touchdown pass.

Sweed lost out to 2009 third-round pick Mike Wallace for the number three wide receiver role that year behind Hines Ward and Santonio Holmes, a pair of Super Bowl MVPs. In December of that year, he was placed on the Reserve/Non-Football Injury/Illness List, citing “personal issues”, which reportedly included depression.