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Former NFL and Appalachian State safety Matt Stevens has died at the age of 51.

Stevens was selected by the Bills in the third round of the 1996 draft as a safety, playing eight years in the league and won a Super Bowl with the Patriots in 2001.

In 2007, Stevens was paralyzed from the waist down in a motorcycle accident where he broke his spinal cord.