According to the Associated Press, two NFL Players, including Detroit Lions defensive end Corey Smith and Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper were among four boaters still listed as missing Sunday off Florida’s Gulf Coast, the Coast Guard and Smith’s agent said.
Smith and Cooper were on a 21-foot vessel that left Clearwater Pass Saturday for a fishing trip and did not return as they were scheduled to do. Search crews used a helicopter and a 47-foot motor-life boat to search a 750-square mile area west of Clearwater Pass on Sunday according to the AP.
Smith owned the boat and according to the reports, he and Cooper had been on boating and fishing trips prior to now. The pair had been teammates on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2004.
