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Player Attempts NFL Comeback Following Bout with Game Addiction

By pete_gallagher

Quinn Pitcock is a 299 pound defensive tackle from the Ohio State University who was drafted in the 3rd round by the Indianapolis Colts in 2007, but retired after just one season due to depression, which, he claims, eventually contributed to an addiction to videogames.

Pitcock is on the comeback trail though, attending training camp and hoping to catch on with the Seattle Seahawks. He told The News Tribune that back in 2008, he 'was suffering from bouts of depression, and that he had used video games as an outlet.'

On the Seahawks website (thanks Kotaku), Pitcock explained what he did after walking away from the Colts, 'I cast myself away from everybody and became almost a hermit. I ended up using video games as my out, I got sucked into that. I got lost to the world.'
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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on August 06, 2010 (boomark / email).