<p>Former Notre Dame football star Paul Duncan died last week at age 35, the athlete&#8217;s wife announced.</p>
<p>Duncan played as an offensive lineman for the Fighting Irish from 2005-09, and then briefly for the NFL on the Denver Broncos, ND Insider <a href="https://www.ndinsider.com/story/sports/football/2022/07/20/paul-duncan-notre-dame-football-offensive-lineman-dead/65378301007/">reported</a>. He went into cardiac arrest on July 15, Duncan&#8217;s wife revealed. The couple share two children.</p>
<p>&#8220;Yesterday, Friday July 15th, Paul went into cardiac arrest while on a run in our neighborhood,&#8221; Ellen Duncan shared via Instagram. &#8220;Today he was pronounced brain dead. We will have a medical examination to understand cause of death.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;His body will be donated to people in need of organs and to medical research,&#8221; Ellen said. &#8220;Thank you for your prayers and support.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Another former NFL player, wide receiver Charles Johnson, recently passed, too.</p>
<p>The former New England Patriot was found dead in his hotel room this week, reports said Wednesday. The athlete&#8217;s cause of death is currently unknown. He was 50 years old at the time of his passing.</p>
<p>Tragically, the NFL has lost a string of active and former players this year. It was revealed this month that former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dallas-cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> player <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-former-nfl-star-running-back-marion-barber-found-dead-by-police">Marion Barber III</a> died of an accidental heat stroke, the Collin County medical examiner’s office <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/07/11/marion-barber-iii-died-due-to-heat-stroke-officials-say/?adid=social-twa">said</a>.</p>
<p>Barber, 38, was found unresponsive in his Frisco, Texas, apartment on June 1, after police were called to make a welfare check.</p>
<p>Some had speculated that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sudden-death-the-surge-of-nfl-tragedies-and-whats-behind-it">NFL</a> star suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, commonly known as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dead-nfl-superstars-brain-reveals-telltale-signs-of-cte">CTE</a>. The late player’s father, Marion Barber II, publicly <a href="https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/article262097117.html">said</a> that his son did not want his brain donated for CTE research. Before his death, Barber was <a href="https://thelandryhat.com/2022/06/13/cowboys-marion-barber-death-details-cte-research/">reportedly</a> hospitalized for mental health concerns on two occasions.</p>
<p>In another tragedy, the Baltimore Ravens&#8217; 26-year-old linebacker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/26-year-old-nfl-player-jaylon-ferguson-dead">Jaylon Ferguson</a> passed in June.</p>
<p>According to an autopsy report, Ferguson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/baltimore-ravens-lb-jaylon-fergusons-cause-of-death-revealed">overdosed</a> on cocaine and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fentanyl">fentanyl</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sudden-death-the-surge-of-nfl-tragedies-and-whats-behind-it">Sudden Death: The Surge Of NFL Tragedies, And What’s Behind It</a></strong></p>

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