NFL player shot

An NFL player is in critical condition after being shot several times early this morning in Jacksonville, Florida.

Richard Collier is number 76 on the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Police say collier and a former Jacksonville Jaguars player Kenneth Pettway were in a parked car when a gunman shot into their vehicle.

They were waiting for some women they had met at a club to come out of an apartment at about two-thirty this morning.

Officials said the 26-year-old Collier was struck several times, and Pettway was not injured.

Officials are still investigating.

Police said the men were at the apartment building to drop off a car before going somewhere else.

The 6-foot-7 Collier is a backup Offensive Lineman. Pettway was a backup Defensive End until he was cut from the team last weekend.