An actual diploma, even in an “easy” major, is a lot more than most pro football/basketball athletes end up with after their time in college.
Sounds like his injury rehab may not have been going well and came to the realization that his NFL career may have been over.
That’s a huge psychological blow to a young athlete still in their prime.
It’s a much smaller scale, but I saw it firsthand with my son.
His plans to play basketball in college (D3) were cut short by a combination of covid and a coaching change.
He was devastated, and for someone in their late teens like my son at the time or 20’s like this young man to have something that was such a part of their identity taken away (especially after all the work, practice, off-season training, etc. put in), it can be too much to handle.
RIP to Moore and sympathy to everyone who cared about him.
Just to clarify, my son did not kill himself but nothing before or since other than the death of his grandfather affected him as emotionally as his basketball career being cut short.
I believe the average career in the NFL is about 4 years...so he had a lower than average career.
He also wasn’t the biggest man on the field. So many hits will eventually break his body. Since many, many NFL players have to deal with the early “end of a career” without suicide, I would guess that he had other causes, like untreated depression, CTE, drugs, or alcohol, overwhelming social issues...
Unlike NFL player hagiography like publicity, the stress on players can crack the right person