Paula Levine

Like Carol Walker, his academic advisor.

He would do it.

So for me, it was the gold chain, and it was kind of whatever the charms were, they clanked all the freaking time, and I couldn't stand it.

Brian's mischievous sense of humor stood out on the team, that and his love for his mom.

He'd put his daily phone calls with her on speaker so his teammates could hear.

Here's his teammate, Dave Howell.

On the outside, Brian seemed carefree.

He could make anyone laugh.

His family and teammates loved him.

He was about to celebrate his first anniversary with his girlfriend, Jada Brody.

He had every expectation of going to the NFL.

But there was also this.

In the months before his death, something had been troubling Brian.

There was something bothering him, and he was trying to say it, you know.

But he didn't know how to express it and tell us.

He didn't want to burden you with it, but he kept it in.

And then this was the thing that hurt us, man.

It was like, man, if you just would have opened up, just tell us what the heck is going on.

I said, did somebody threaten you?

He said, no, don't worry about it, man.