Godfrey Myles

Godfrey Clarence Myles (September 22, 1968 – June 10, 2011) was an American college and professional football player who played linebacker in National Football League (NFL) for six seasons during the 1990s. Myles played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL, winning three Super Bowl championships with the Cowboys.

Early years
Myles was born in Miami, Florida in 1968. He attended Miami Carol City High School in Miami Gardens, and played high school football for the Carol City Chiefs.

College career
Myles received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Galen Hall and coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football teams from 1987 to 1990. He was a team captain and a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection at safety in his senior season in 1990, after being a Sporting News honorable mention All-American at linebacker as a junior in 1989.

Professional career
The Dallas Cowboys selected Myles in the third round (sixty-second pick overall) in the 1991 NFL Draft, and he played for coach Jimmy Johnson and coach Barry Switzer's Cowboys from 1991 to 1996. He was mainly used as a backup linebacker and special teams player. During his six-season NFL career with the Cowboys, the team won three Super Bowls (XXVII, XXVIII, XXX), and Myles recorded 135 tackles and two interceptions. Myles started in eleven games during the 1995 season, but injured his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during Super Bowl XXX. He returned to the Cowboys for his final season in 1996, but his playing time was reduced and he never started again.

Myles signed with the Denver Broncos as a free agent in April 1997, but they waived him on August 20, 1997, before the start of the 1997 regular season.

Death
It was initially reported that Myles suffered a massive heart attack on June 8, 2011, and that he died in Miami. It was subsequently reported that Myles had, in fact, suffered a massive stroke, and expired when his family decided to remove life support after he had been declared brain dead on June 9, 2011.

Myles died in the early morning of June 10, 2011; he was 42 years old.