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#3 Corey Smith
Corey Smith signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent following the 2002 NFL Draft. He won a Super Bowl ring with the Buccaneers before playing with the San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions during his seven-year career.
During the 2009 offseason, Smith took his fishing boat out with four other former players, including two from USF college football - Nick Schuyler and Will Bleakley - and Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper.
The boat overturned and three of them went missing. They were eventually declared dead after the US Coast Guard was unable to locate them. Schuyler fortunately survived the incident.
#4 Sean Taylor
Sean Taylor was selected by the Washington Commanders with the fifth overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft after a dominant college football career with the Miami Hurricanes. He spent four years in Washington while quickly becoming one of the most dynamic defenders in the league.
In November 2007, a burglar broke into Taylor's home and robbed it while nobody was home. About a week later, intruders broke in again, but this time Taylor was home and was shot in the leg. He tragically died the following day from severe blood loss.
#5 Derrick Thomas
Derrick Thomas was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs with the fourth overall pick of the 1989 NFL Draft. He would go on to become one of the best players in Chiefs history and one of the greatest pass rushers of all time, accumulating 126.5 sacks in 11 seasons.
Following the 1999 NFL season, Thomas was driving a car in a snow storm with two passengers when he got into an accident. One passenger died immediately and the other survived. Thomas was paralyzed following the accident and unfortunately passed away from a pulmonary embolism two weeks later.
