The Tragic Legacy of Junior Seau

Sydney Seau presented Junior Seau into the Hall of Fame at the enshrinement ceremony on Saturday, as part of the Class of 2015. She spoke in a video package produced by NFL Films and was then interviewed on stage.

Only linebacker Junior Seau was elected in his first year on the ballot. The 12-time Pro Bowler's induction, however, proved bittersweet, coming more than three years after he took his own life. His death and the complex fallout from it – Seau's family

For 20 seasons—an eternity for a professional football player—there were few better linebackers in the NFL than Junior Seau. Strong, swift, and imbued with an fanatical work ethic, Seau terrorized opposing offenses so much that they largely avoided

Junior Seau was not only a force on the field, but also off the field in the community. To many fans in San Diego, Junior Seau was to the Chargers as Tony Gwynn was to the Padres. So when it was announced that the Pro 

Junior Seau's death complicated his legacy, especially for a generation too young to have seen his prime. Ask a high school senior, even one who grew up in American Samoa, what he can recall of Seau's prime, and you'll