Former NFL Star Keith McCants Found Dead in Home After Suspected Overdose

Linebacker Keith McCants of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebrates during a game against the Indianapolis Colts at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Fla., on Oct. 4, 1992. Scott Halleran /Allsport

A former NFL linebacker was found dead in Florida early on Thursday after an apparent drug overdose, police said. He was 53.

Keith McCants, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers first-round pick of the 1990 NFL Draft, was found dead inside his home in St. Petersburg.