Boaters launch vessels Monday near the dock in Clearwater, Fla., where four men, two current NFL players, and two former University of South Florida football players, left from to go fishing Saturday morning and haven't been heard from since.
Boaters launch vessels Monday near the dock in Clearwater, Fla., where four men, two current NFL players, and two former University of South Florida football players, left from to go fishing Saturday morning and haven't been heard from since. Chris O'meara, Associated Press
By Associated Press

CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Coast Guard says a man who went missing during a fishing trip has been found clinging to an overturned boat that belongs to Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper.

The Coast Guard says former University of South Florida player Nick Schuyler was rescued Monday off the Florida coast. Authorities say Cooper, Detroit Lions free agent Corey Smith and former South Florida player, William Bleakley, remain missing.

Coast Guard Capt. Timothy M. Close says Schuyler told rescuers that the 21-foot boat was anchored when it flipped Saturday evening in rough seas. Schuyler told rescuers the others got separated from the boat and that he had been clinging to it since.

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Television footage shows Schuyler conscious but weak as he was being taken off a Coast Guard helicopter at Tampa General Hospital and placed on a stretcher.

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