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Position: | Defensive end | ||
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Born: | Frankfurt, West Germany | January 29, 1974||
Died: | November 22, 2016 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | (aged 42)||
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College: | Walla Walla CC Washington State | ||
NFL draft: | 1998 / Round: 2 / Pick: 56 | ||
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Dorian Alexander Boose (January 29, 1974 – November 22, 2016) was an American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Jets and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Washington State University and was drafted in the second round of the 1998 NFL draft.[1][2] He played two seasons for the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Edmonton Eskimos in 2003 and 2004.
Boose committed suicide on November 22, 2016, in Edmonton, Alberta.[3][4] He was one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), caused by repeated hits to the head.[5][6]