Samari Rolle's contract terminated by the Ravens

[dave nz]

Stellar career.
But from 2007 things have been going downhill bigtime. In 07 he was diagnosed with epilepsy, missed alot of starts. In 08 missed six starts due to a neck Injury. Then in 09 missed the entire season.

Ravens GM Ozzie Newsome ""I'm glad to have the opportunity to know Samari," Newsome said Tuesday. "We know the incidents and what happened toward the end of his career that maybe shortened it. I don't know where he's at with that.

I had a chance to get to know him through some of those end-of-career issues that he had here mostly last year and the beginning of this year," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. "The way he carried himself, the way he handled adversity, the way he fought through the medical issues, the injuries ... Just a true class individual."

It's likely that Rolle will retire, given the serious nature of his neck injury.