Len Bias

Len Bias

Bias after being selected in the 1986 NBA draft
Personal information
Born	(1963-11-18)November 18, 1963 Landover, Maryland, U.S.
Died	June 19, 1986(1986-06-19) (aged 22) Riverdale, Maryland, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school	Northwestern (Hyattsville, Maryland)
College	Maryland (1982–1986)
NBA draft	1986: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
Selected by the Boston Celtics
Position	Small forward
Career highlights and awards
Consensus first-team All-American (1986) Consensus second-team All-American (1985) 2× ACC Player of the Year (1985, 1986) 2× First-team All-ACC (1985, 1986) ACC Athlete of the Year (1986) ACC tournament MVP (1984) Fourth-team Parade All-American (1982)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

Leonard Kevin Bias (November 18, 1963 – June 19, 1986) was an American college basketball player for the Maryland Terrapins. In the last of his four years playing for Maryland, he was named a consensus first-team All-American. Two days after being selected by the Boston Celtics with the second overall pick in the 1986 NBA draft, Bias died from cardiac arrhythmia induced by a cocaine overdose.^[1] In 2021, Bias was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame.^[2]