College football lost a legend on Tuesday as former Hawai'i quarterback Colt Brennan has died at the age of 37.
Terry Brennan, Colt's father, told ESPN that his son died on Tuesday morning after ingesting something laced with fentanyl the night before. Just hours before, Terry said his son tried to enter a detox program at a local hospital but was turned away because no beds were available.
"He was really into it," Terry Brennan told ESPN of the treatment program. "It involved a lot of physical activity and he liked it. He was working with soldiers who had come back from Afghanistan and Iraq with similar problems. He was doing quite well with it for four months. Then something happened and he went to the dark side, and it was just not good."
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Colt Brennan is, without doubt, the most decorated and accomplished player in Hawai'i football history and will go down as one of the most prolific passers in NCAA football history.
In his three years as a starter, Brennan passed for more than 4,000 yards three times, including a career-high 5,549 yards in 2007, and set numerous NCAA passing records. He finished sixth in Heisman voting in 2006 and third in 2007, becoming the first and only Hawai'i player ever to be named a Heisman Trophy finalist.
