Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Breshad Perriman endured a rough rookie season after the first-round pick didn't play a snap because of a knee injury. Disappointed fans suggested he was a bust, coach John Harbaugh took a jab at his slower-than-expected recovery, and Perriman acknowledged that he was in a "dark hole for a good period of time" for letting the team down.
But nothing compared to perhaps the most difficult and emotional offseason an NFL player faced this year.
Perriman lost his close friend and teammate, Tray Walker, in a dirt bike accident on March 20 and watched his father, Brett Perriman, hospitalized in critical condition after he suffered a significant stroke in May.