College football player William Hardrick, 22, dies in car crash; motorist charged with murder

William Hardrick, a college football defensive back who previously played at Mississippi State and Miami (Ohio) before transferring to Austin Peay, has died. He was 22.

Austin Peay University announced Hardrick’s death on Wednesday.

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Hardrick was killed in a car crash in Alabama near Interstate 65, Limestone County Coroner Mike West told WHNT-TV. 

John Walter McAdams was arrested in the crash and was charged with murder and two counts of leaving the scene of an acc...