Former NFL linebacker sued for $15 million for tackling 16-year-old player
By Jon Heshka, Associate Professor at Thompson Rivers University
An assistant coach for a high school football team, who played six seasons as a NFL linebacker, is being sued for $15 million along with a school district and its superintendent for injuries sustained after tackling and injuring a 16 year-old sophomore student-athlete during practice.
Ryan Fowler - who played in the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys, Tennessee Titans and New York Jets from 2004 to 2009 — was employed by W