Report: Josh Mauro died of accidental drug overdose
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Key Points:
- Former NFL defensive end Josh Mauro died last month at the age of 35 due to an accidental drug overdose.
- The official cause of death was acute combined intoxication from fentanyl, cocaine, and ethanol.
- Mauro played college football at Stanford from 2010 to 2013 and went undrafted in 2014.
- He played four years with the Arizona Cardinals, one year with the New York Giants, one year with the Oakland Raiders, and returned to the Cardinals for his final two seasons in 2020 and 2021.
- Mauro appeared in 80 regular-season NFL games, starting in 40 of them.