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Are the days of the Peyton Manning-led aerial assault a thing of the past? And as we all know, that's a slippery slope. There were many times where my running back coach at the time, named Thomas Hammock, would smell it on me that morning of practice, and he would pull me aside and chat.

Hammock, who is currently the head coach for Northern Illinois University, remembers those conversations with Ball. When he was in the building, he was the hardest working guy in the program, but obviously, he liked to have a good time outside the building. I didn't even know that I was suffering from it, you know what I mean? Ball came to the Broncos one year after Peyton Manning joined the team.

Fans pegged him as a possible solution to the team's running-back-by-committee arrangement. The team made the Super Bowl in Ball's rookie year, but he was barely a factor in the team's embarrassing loss to the Seattle Seahawks. And rumors were swirling about how Ball's off-field antics were affecting his performance on the field.

You know, I had some guys tell me maybe his lifestyle choices were contributing to issues with him not being in condition. Going years and years battling depression and not really knowing it, it only started to build upon itself, until it really started to tear me down mentally. Ball's old coach, Hammock, remained an influence in his life even after the move to Denver, but there wasn't much Hammock could do to keep Ball away from the bottle.

I was trying to be more of a support structure for him, as opposed to telling him, 'Hey, you shouldn't be doing this,' because they can shut you out, and I never wanted him to shut me out. The Broncos named Ball the starting running back ahead of the season. He suffered a groin injury a few weeks into the season. She said she felt dizzy when she stood and had to be stretchered out of the hotel. Madison police responded to a call around a.

She said he put his hands on her, picked her up and threw her. Ball played college football at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He set the FBS record for total touchdowns 83 and rushing touchdowns 77 during his four years with the Badgers, both of which have since been broken by Navy's Keenan Reynolds.