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Sports See other Sports Articles Title: Rookie cut from Ravens dies in Washington SEATTLE (AP)Tony Fein, an Iraq war veteran and NFL rookie linebacker who played with the Baltimore Ravens during the preseason, has died of unexplained causes after collapsing at a friends house in what his agent said appears to be an accidental situation. Fein, 27, an undrafted rookie free agent from Mississippi, was lying face down and unconscious, vomiting and barely breathing when medics arrived at a house outside Port Orchard on the Kitsap Peninsula just before 9 a.m PDT Tuesday, said Mike Wernet, a battalion chief and medical officer with South Kitsap Fire & Rescue. The medics put a breathing tube down Feins throat after he stopped breathing and administered medication, but he went into cardiac arrest during the drive to Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, across Puget Sound from Seattle, and was pronounced dead at the hospital at 9:48 a.m. PDT Tuesday, Wernet told The Associated Press. A man and woman who were present described Fein as a friend who was staying with them. They told the aid crew they awoke to find him unresponsive and vomiting. They didnt really give us a lot of information about what had happened the night before, apparently because they were upset, Wernet said. They didnt indicate anything out of the ordinary. There were no obvious wounds or signs of alcohol or other drug abuse, and nothing indicated foul play, he added. Kitsap County sheriffs Deputy Scott E. Wilson said a detective was assigned to the case Wednesday because the death seemed unusual. We dont have any indication of anything suspicious
or foul play, Wilson said. Feins agent, Milton D. Hobbs, a lawyer in Oxford, Miss., said he knew of no medical condition or previous severe illness in Fein. As I understand it, it was an accidental situation, Hobbs said. As far as I understand it from family members, theres nothing to indicate that he intended to hurt himself. An autopsy wont be conducted before Thursday and no report will be issued before all toxicology and other tests are complete, likely in six to eight weeks, said Allen G. Gerdes, Kitsap County chief deputy coroner. Fein, a native of Port Orchard, was released by the Ravens in their last major round of roster cuts on Sept. 5. Tony Fein was a really good teammate, a tremendous American, a tremendous young man
just a really good person, Ravens coach John Harbaugh said before Wednesdays practice in Owings Mills, Md. We were proud to have him here as part of our team. Were unbelievably disappointed about the news. Hobbs said he last spoke with Fein on Friday and since the death had talked with the Feins sister, mother and some friends. He would not discuss a possible cause of death. He was working out and we were discussing football opportunities. That was still his goal, Hobbs said. We talked about Canada. Some Canadian Football League teams had expressed interest in Fein before he joined the Ravens but there had been no contacts since he was cut, the agent said. Fein was arrested on Aug. 23 and charged with misdemeanor assault on a police officer after an incident at a restaurant at Baltimores Inner Harbor in which the officer reportedly mistook his cellular telephone for a handgun. A trial was scheduled Wednesday, but prosecutors notified Feins attorney last Thursday that they planned to dismiss the case because of conflicting witness accounts, states attorney spokeswoman Marty Burns said. Fein played quarterback for South Kitsap High School before graduating in 2000. At age 19 he enlisted and spent 3 1/2 years in the Army, including duty in Iraq as a 19 Delta reconnaissance scout, according to the Ravens Web site. He later enrolled at Scottsdale, Ariz., Community College, became one of the nations top junior college recruits and played for Ole Miss in 2007 and 2008. In two seasons at Ole Miss, he had 136 tackles (77 solo) in 24 games, according to the clubs Web site. A humble young man, Baltimore linebacker Ray Lewis(notes) said. Our hearts definitely go out to his family because its such a tragedy for a man to be that young and go through the things hes been through.
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