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# Former NFL player struggled with Call of Duty addiction, played 18 hours a day.
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/former-nfl-player-struggled-call-duty-addiction/
- Published: 2012-06-13T21:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T14:59:55.000Z
- Description: Quinn Pitcock was an All-American defensive lineman at Ohio State and a third round draft pick by the Indianapolis Colts in 2007. Despite the early promise of his athletic career, he developed an addiction to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare‘s online multiplayer mode, which contributed to his decision t
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Quinn Pitcock was an All-American defensive lineman at Ohio State and a third round draft pick by the Indianapolis Colts in 2007\. Despite the early promise of his athletic career, he developed an addiction to *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare*‘s online multiplayer mode, which contributed to his decision to give up professional football. “I didn’t want football to be a part of my life,” he told the Orlando Sentinel. “It wasn’t just football. I felt like doing nothing.”

The next several years Pitcock indulged his shooter habit, letting the game dominate his life.

> “I couldn’t put it down,” Pitcock said. “If I visited family or friends, I timed it down to the last second where I could still play another game.”  
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> His addiction worsened after his retirement. For three months, Pitcock routinely played for 18 hours a day before seeking help.  
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> “I broke about four games in half, burned them, microwaved them, put a torch to them, letting my aggression out to get rid of them,” he said. “But the next day, I was at Target buying another game.”

Pitcock is currently in recovery with friend and counsellor Kevin Roberts, author of the game addiction book *Cyber Junkie: Escape the Gaming and Internet Trap*. He currently plays with the Arena League team Orlando Predators and hopes to one day earn another chance at playing in the NFL.

\[via [Orlando Sentinel](http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-06-07/sports/os-quinn-pitcock-video-game-addiction-depression-20120601%5F1%5Fvideo-game-addiction-gaming-addiction-xbox?ref=killscreen.com)\] \[[img](http://www.flickr.com/photos/8bitjoystick/3588540866/sizes/z/in/photostream/?ref=killscreen.com)\]