Sad day in Bearcat Nation.

from Terry Nelson's instagram:

Sad to report that former Bearcat hoops/football player and Atlanta Falcon Rodrick Monroe has passed away. Details will follow. All we know as of right now is he passed away from a heart attack in Houston over the weekend. He was 40 years young. Pray for his family

Played basketball for the Bearcats 1996 & 97
Played tight end for the Bearcats 1998
1998 7th round pick Atlanta Falcons (1998-99)
Jacksonville Jaguars (2000)
Miami Dolphins (2000)
Frankfurt Galaxy (2001)
Cleveland Browns (2000-03)

Damn. RIP Rod.

I remember him being so full of energy and life! Sad. RIP

Man that sucks! RIP Rodrick Monroe!

Wow. Gut shot. Loved that guy. RIP.

Sad to see this happen to someone so Young. RIP.

Curious on the story why he switched from BB to FB? Anyone have the back story on him?

Thoughts and prayers to his family.

(05-09-2017 04:10 PM)bearcat29 Wrote:  Curious on the story why he switched from BB to FB? Anyone have the back story on him?

Thoughts and prayers to his family.

Used up BB eligibility and played football as a 5th year player

(05-09-2017 04:12 PM)RealDeal Wrote:  

(05-09-2017 04:10 PM)bearcat29 Wrote:  Curious on the story why he switched from BB to FB? Anyone have the back story on him?

Thoughts and prayers to his family.

Used up BB eligibility and played football as a 5th year player

Which led to a short career in the NFL ... The NFL liked his size and speed, he needed some experience.

Well this is really sad. I hope his family is doing ok.

Tomorrow is promised to no one, but this is way to soon. He represented the C well!

prayers for Rod's Family. A sad day for all that knew him.


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Sad development. He always represented the university well, and 40 years old is way to young. A reminder to all those who tend to shy away from medical exams that you only have one heart, you cannot do enough to keep tabs on blood pressure, cholesterol, et. al once you hit 40. Particularly pay attention to your family history.

That's a tough one, he was one of my brother's guides/hosts on his first official college visit for athletics back in Winter 1998. Was absolutely awesome to our family and one of the reasons why UC stayed on my radar when that whole process started for me a few years later.

That's way too young to go. Very sad. I remember a funny story I heard about him. Rod had some of those temporary cardboard tags on his car when he was here, and rather than get permanent plates he just keep changing the dates on it with a sharpie.

http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/m-baskb...17aab.html

My condolences to his friends, family, and everyone who cared about him. That's just way too young. There used to be a user that posted here under the name RodrickMonroe (csnbbs.com/user-72874), any idea if that was him?

RIP Rodrick, and condolences to his family.

40 is WAY too young.

He was a joy to watch play. Very sad