Dec 2nd 2008 4:00PM by Matt Snyder (author feed)
Filed under: Jaguars, AFC South, NFL InjuriesAnytime you think life has dealt you an unfair shake, you can likely point to the story of Richard Collier and count your blessings. The former Jacksonville offensive lineman is going through the rest of life paralyzed from the waist down, with only one remaining leg, after being shot 14 times in early September. While I can’t imagine the physical toll this would take on someone, I couldn’t even begin to fathom the mental toll it would take.

Collier explains, to the in his first interview since the shooting, how it would haunt any one of us: “I remember everything,” Collier said Monday afternoon in his first interview since he sustained 14 gunshot wounds following a night out on the town with Pettway on Sept. 2. “I just remember the whole incident. It plays back in my mind all the time. Try to come up with these scenarios, if I did this, if I did that.” I think that would be the toughest thing for me. To think if you moved a different direction, maybe you’d have escaped with just minor injuries.Continue Reading