The widow of former Grand Valley State University quarterback Cullen Finnerty was among four family members of deceased college football players who filed wrongful death lawsuits against the NCAA on Monday, alleging brain disease caused by concussions led to the players' premature deaths.
Finnerty, the winningest quarterback in NCAA history with a 51-4 record at Grand Valley State from 2003 to 2006, went missing during a fishing trip in Michigan in May 2013. He was found dead in the woods three days later. He was 30.
According to a lawsuit filed by Jennifer Finnerty in Marion Superior Court in Indianapolis, her late husband was "knocked unconscious and suffered multiple concussions and/or sub concussive impacts to the head during games and/or practice" while playing at Toledo in 2001 and then at Grand Valley State.