https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/sports/football/cortez-kennedy-dead-seattle-seahawks.html
In an interview with The New York Times in 2015, he said that when he became a multimillionaire with his first contract, his stepfather told him to buy what he liked in his rookie season but to save money afterward. So Kennedy bought six cars — one for his mother, one for his girlfriend and four for himself. But he sold two of his when he saw the bill for the auto insurance. He adhered to a rigorous budget for the rest of his career.