55 Epic On and Off-the-Field Football Scandals That Ruined Careers and Shocked Fans

Jovan Belcher Took His Life

Jovan Belcher played as a linebacker for the National Football League side, the Kansas City Chiefs from 2009 to 2012. The linebacker had immense potential, but things met a fatal end when he shot his girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins, and then shot himself at the team’s practice facility located close to the Chiefs’ own Arrowhead Stadium.

The murder-suicide incident happened just a day before the Chiefs were about to take on the Carolina Panthers at Arrowhead Stadium. The Chiefs won the game 27-21.

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