Former NFL star’s shocking admission to playing games drunk 

It’s a former San Diego Charger who is making all the headlines after Week 14, but Phillip Rivers isn’t the only former San Diego player in the news after Quentin Jammer’s revelation on Tuesday afternoon.

Jammer spent half season drunk

The former cornerback, who played 11 of his 12 seasons with the Chargers, admitted on social media that he played NFL games drunk in one of the most difficult years in his personal life.

“True story ....... In 2011 I played completely s--- faced drunk in at least 8 games,” Jammer posted to X on Monday. Jammer went on to detail that he was dealing with a handful of personal issues that led to his alcohol fueled season that he played while going through a divorce.

Jammer reminded his followers that despite the fame and fortune of the NFL, football players are people who go through everyday struggles just like everyone else. “U know why n---as kill themselves? Because they can’t b vulnerable,” Jammer post reads. “So all that s--- just gets trapped with nowhere to go. To embarrassed to ask for help. Family watching them deteriorate. But go ahead bash me for being vulnerable. I ain’t dead n---a!!”

Personal issues took hold of Jammer

Afer being voted unanimously to the All-American team at the University of Texas, Jammer was drafted by the Chargers with he 5th pick of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played 14 games with the Chargers that year and while he finished the season with 67 tackles and 10 pass deflections, he didn’t register an interception in his debut in the NFL.

His second year was his break out year, intercepting four passes and making 71 tackles and he locked down the outside cornerback position in San Diego for the next decade. The only other year he didn’t have an interception was the year he admitted to playing half of the season drunk in 2011.

He spent one more year with the Chargers after 2011 before ending his career with the Denver Broncos. He would call in quits in 2013 with a total of 21 interceptions, 140 breakups and 733 career tackles in 183 games.

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