Deletion of O. J. Murdock

Comment: per .  As that section of the guideline notes, GNG establishes a presumption, not a guarantee, that a subject is suitable for inclusion. But unlike Special:Contributions/76.189.114.163| 76.189.114.163, I don't think its a problem that he never played an NFL game.  I think that it is the combination of his somewhat troubled personal life, his professional-quality athletic career (including the track accomplishments mentioned by
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: Carrite and others above have the right idea . . . subject is not entitled to a presumption of notability per  or .  His unfortunate death does not qualify for special consideration per , even if the coverage might otherwise be enough to satisfy WP:GNG because his notoriety/notability is based on the single event of his death, which is disqualified per .  Several "keep" editors above mentioned coverage of the subject's high school and college sports career sufficiently in-depth to satisfy WP:GNG.  Sorry, but I don't see it; everything I found in a Google News Archive search varies from trivial mentions to routine post-game coverage.  If anyone has found non-trivial, non-routine, in-depth coverage of the subject for his high school and college sports careers, I suggest you post links to the articles.  Otherwise, this article is on greased skids to deletion
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NCOLLATH||WP:NGRIDIRON||WP:NOTMEMORIAL||WP:ONEEVENT)

Comment: fails , and doesn't appear notable via  either. Tragic, but 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:NGRIDIRON||WP:NOTMEMORIAL)

Comment: Per Paul McDonald mostly, as this person has received coverage going back to high school, including for http://www.sptimes.com/2005/06/04/Sports/Lean_in_the_right_dir.shtml track and field accomplishments, http://www.sptimes.com/2007/02/15/Sports/Ex_Middleton_receiver.shtml legal woes and http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5833981 changing teams in addition to football coverage.  The suicide coverage of course adds that much more coverage.  While the suicide coverage alone might be dismissed as , the |pre-suicide coverage negates that argument.  If the article is not kept, it should of course be redirected, as non-notable subjects absolutely can be redirected (unless of course the reliably sourced information in the Titans' article is removed by consensus
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons (WP:BLP1E||WP:BLP2E)

Comment: He has yet to play in a regular season game, so it fails 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NGRIDIRON)

Comment: IMHO, this is best considered either from  or .  The only thing  contributes is a bright line about playing in an NFL game, which Murdock didn't.  So we are looking at whether he is the  subject of multiple published non-trivial secondary sources which are reliable, intellectually independent, and independent of the subject
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ATHLETE||WP:GNG||WP:NGRIDIRON)

Comment: I looked at the existing news stories in which he's mentioned and IMHO he simply doesn't meet the notability guidelines per  (pro football/NFL players),  (college athletes) or Wikipedia:Notability_(sports)#High_school_and_pre-high_school_athletes|high school athletes. Clearly, he's not notable based on his NFL career alone, particularly because he never played in a game. His college career was not distinguished. And although he was a great high school athlete, even being named Male High School Athlete of the Year by the Tampa Tribune in 2005 http://www.tampatrib.com/MGBOMOVLT8E.html, all the coverage about him was local, which, by rule, must be excluded from consideration when determining notability. If all high school star athletes were by default considered notable, then Wikipedia would continually be adding tens of thousands of articles for all of them. I think perhaps the mere fact that we would stretch to consider Murdock's high school career as a basis for determining notability is the strongest evidence that he is in fact not notable. And it goes without saying, per rule, that the reporting of his unfortunate death, in and of itself, also does not make him notable. I wish he had played in at least one NFL game so that this discussion wouldn't be necessary. --Special:Contributions/76.189.114.163|76.189.114.163
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NGRIDIRON||WP:NCOLLATH)