2 Louisville Linebackers Missed Citrus Bowl Due to Gunshot Wounds

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Most #2016 thing ever #CitrusBowl pic.twitter.com/CJbmgC65WP

— Andrew Woolley (@AWoolley42) December 31, 2016"

Louisville Cardinals linebackers James Hearns and Henry Famurewa were both shot near the school's campus Dec. 11.

Neither student-athlete suffered any life-threatening injuries, but according to a graphic by ABC, it caused them to miss Saturday's Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl against the LSU Tigers in Orlando, Florida.

According to WHAS11 News' Tabnie L. Dozier, the shooting occurred at a party celebrating quarterback Lamar Jackson's 2016 Heisman Trophy victory. Famurewa, a redshirt sophomore, reportedly tried to break up an altercation: 

According to Gun Violence Archive, there have been 57,581 reported gun-related incidents in 2016.        

[h/t Andrew Woolley]