FLORIDA – A former University of Central Florida Knights football player who had a brief stint in the NFL was allegedly shot to death by his own father Monday night.
Otis Anderson Jr., 23, was shot around 9:30 p.m. in Jacksonville and was taken to an area hospital, where he later died, he reported. Knights 247, a digital newspaper that covers everything related to athletics for the university.
The station WTLV-TV NBC affiliate reported that Anderson’s mother, Denise, was also shot. His father, Otis Sr., was arrested Tuesday morning and faces two counts of second-degree murder, the station reported.
Anderson Jr. spent four years with the Knights, getting 26 touchdowns and adding more than 3,200 total yards. He spent time with the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams, but was cut from the team in September.
He is unrelated to Ottis Anderson Sr., who became the first running back in the history of the University of Miami to rush more than 1,000 yards in one season and was an All-American first team.
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