Jacksonville Jaquars offensive tackle Richard Collier was shot while waiting for some women outside an apartment early Tuesday and sustained life-threatening injuries, according to the Associated Press.

Collier, 26, and former Jaguars player Kenneth Pettway were waiting in a car when a gunman shot into the vehicle, said Jacksonville Sheriff's Office spokesman Ken Jefferson. Collier was shot several times but it's not clear where he was hit, and the sheriff's office is still investigating.

Collier was in critical condition at Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, a hospital official said.

Earlier this year, the 6-foot-7, 350 pound lineman pleaded no contest to a drunken driving charge stemming from an incident last fall, avoiding trial and accepting six months of probation.

The third-year lineman was arrested on Nov. 3 after officers found him asleep behind the wheel of his sports utility vehicle at a McDonald's drive-thru window, according to a police report. Collier failed field sobriety tests and had a blood-alcohol level of .096. In Florida, it is illegal to drive when a person's blood-alcohol level reaches .08.

The football player's attorney, Hank Coxe disputed the police report and recommendeed that his client go to trial, but Collier didn't want the team to have to deal with the negative attention that it would generate.

If you do stupid things and put yourself in stupid situations is it really surprising that bad things happen? What is even dumber is your headline, Collier shot by a gun. As opposed to what? Shot with a can of hair spray?

I AGREE THAT THE HEADLINE OF THE STORY IS SILLY. BUT, I HAVE TO ADMIT I DO NOT SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH COLLIER PARKING HIS CAR AT A MCDONALDS AND NOT DRIVING WHEN HE KNEW HE WAS NOT IN THE POSITION TO. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN STUPID FOR HIM TO TRY TO DRIVE- AND POSSIBLY KILL HIMSELF AND/OR SOMEONE ELSE. MAYBE YOU SHOULD CONSIDER TAKING A LOOK AT YOURSELF. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, "ONE WHO LIVES IN A GLASS HOUSE SHOULD NEVER THROW STONES".