The tragic life of Lawrence Luka Samanic Jersey Phillips has come to an tragic end.The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation that Phillips -- a former college star at Nebraska whose NFL career was derailed by off-the-field i sues -- was found unresponsive in his cell at Kern Valley State Prison early Wednesday morning. He was transported to a Dejounte Murray Jersey local hospital where he was pronounced dead.Phillips was 40. Prison officials are investigating the death as a po sible suicide.Phillips was facing the death penalty after being accused of murdering his cellmate in 2015. Phillips was initially incarcerated David Robinson Jersey in 2008, when he was sentenced to over 31 years in prison after being convicted of "inflicting great bodily Tre Jones Jersey injury involving domestic violence, corporal injury to a spouse, false imprisonment and vehicle theft."Phillips was a star tailback on Nebraska's national championship teams in 1994 and 1995. The selected Phillips with the sixth overall pick in the 1996 Davis Bertans Jersey , but he averaged just 3.4 yards per carry before being released midway through his second season. His NFL career ended in 1999 after short stays with the and .