Sports | Gaines Adams Bears DE Gaines Adams Dead at 26 No. 4 pick in 2007 NFL draft suffered cardiac arrest By Marie Morris Posted Jan 17, 2010 1:30 PM CST Copied Gaines Adams (90), then with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and teammate Greg Peterson pressure New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees (9), Nov. 30, 2008, in Tampa. Adams has died at 26, the Bears said today. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius) Chicago Bears defensive end Gaines Adams died early this morning in South Carolina. He was 26. Adams, the Buccaneers' first-round draft pick in 2007, suffered cardiac arrest resulting from an enlarged heart, the local coroner said. The condition had not been diagnosed, and he had no known medical issues. The 6-foot-5, 258-pound Adams was an All-American at Clemson. "It's crazy," Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher, who became Adams' teammate after an October trade, told the Chicago Tribune. "You just don't know how to handle it. It's just sad, man. It's a bad deal." Read These Next The Wall Street Journal is naming more names tied to Epstein. The White House and South Park are having a tiff. Trump isn't talking about a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon. The first video of an earthquake fault slip led to a major discovery. Report an error