Former Redskins WR Reche Caldwell Dies at 41

Sad news from Tampa as former NFL receiver Reche Caldwell, who spent a year with the Redskins has died at the age of 41.

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2020 has just been relentless. 

Bad news on top of bad karma sprinkled with bad energy and a rotten cherry on top. 

Sunday morning brought more. 

Reche Caldwell, a receiver who was a stud in college at Florida was shot and killed Saturday night in Tampa. 

Caldwell, 41, played 71 games in the NFL and had 11 touchdowns in a career that spanned eight years with the San Diego Chargers, New England Patriots and Washington Redskins. 

We are terribly saddened to hear of the passing of former Redskins WR Reche Caldwell.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Caldwell family along with all of Reche’s friends and teammates. pic.twitter.com/0uvTObcNRh

— Washington Commanders (@Commanders) June 7, 2020

He played in eight games for the Redskins and had 15 receptions for 141 yards, a 9.4 per reception average and no scores. 

Caldwell was no strange to legal trouble in his post NFL days and was scheduled to be sentenced this month from pleading guilty of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, the same case that former Redskins running back & Caldwell's teammates Clinton Portis and Carlos Rogers are facing federal charges in.

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