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Pitcock back 
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Piqua native realizes retiring from a pro career after just 1 year wasn?t a wise decision.
By Doug Harris, Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Quinn Pitcock is trying to convince the Seattle Seahawks he has the skills to help their team this season. If he does, the Piqua native and former Ohio State star believes he can turn a pro-football career into a platform for helping others.

Three years removed from his shocking retirement from the NFL after just one year with the Indianapolis Colts, the 6-foot-2, 300-pound defensive tackle has been open to telling others why he walked away from the sport.

What started as a deep-rooted bout of depression and anxiety led to an addiction to video games. But after hitting rock bottom, he sought treatment and counseling and has regained his competitive edge.

?One of the troubles I had was being anxious and just unsure how people would take things,? he said. ?With me being very open, it?s been therapeutic. And I?m surprised how well people listen and really want to hear about it and understand.

?It?s kind of a weird and unknown diagnosis ? video-game addiction. It?s a newer generation kind of thing.?

Pitcock, 26, signed a free-agent contract with the Seahawks and has been in camp for about one month. His last audition will be in a preseason game against Oakland tonight, Sept. 2. Final cuts will be made Saturday.

?I?m having a blast,? he said. ?The first time I was out stretching for a preseason game, I had a big smile on my face and said, ?Why the heck did I leave this? What was I thinking??

?But it happened for a reason, and I?m glad to be where I?m at right now. ... If this is the end of my career, I?m still happy I gave it a shot.?
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Eagles worked out Quinn Pitcock
Defensive tackle gets a look Aaron Wilson
October 19, 2010

Former Seattle Seahawks and Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle Quinn Pitcock worked out for the Philadelphia Eagles today, according to a league source with knowledge of the situation.

The former Colts third-round draft pick returned to the NFL this year with the Seahawks after he retired in July of 2008 after playing in the NFL for one season.

Pitcock played collegiately at Ohio State.

The 6-foot-2, 299-pounder was drafted 98th overall after a solid career with the Buckeyes.

He was a first-team All-American selection and All-Big Ten Conference in 2006.

As a rookie with the Colts in 2007, he recorded 18 tackles and 1 1/2 sacks,
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Ex-Colt Quinn Pitcock getting his life back in order
2007 3rd-round draft pick has worked through depression, video games addiction, wants a shot in the NFL
Apr 19, 2011
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Former Colt Quinn Pitcock squats 520 pounds while strength and conditioning coach Kevin Hollabaugh watches during a recent workout. / Matt Detrich / The Star

Quinn Pitcock had just finished a two-on-two basketball session with two members of the Indianapolis Colts and a trainer with Indiana University Health Sports Performance in Carmel.

He is a 6-2, 329-pounder clearly out of his element as evidenced by more jump shots finding an unreceptive rim and backboard than net. Pitcock jokingly questioned his conditioning as he sank into a chair.

"After that basketball game," Pitcock said, sucking in a deep breath, "I don't know."

All kidding aside, if Pitcock isn't in the best shape of his life, he's arguably in one of the best places he has been in many years.

He appears finally to have control of his life. The Colts' 2007 third-round draft pick is in the midst of a comeback after seeing his career derailed after one season by bouts of depression and an addiction to video games.

"I'm blessed I am where I am now," Pitcock said. "I still have a full life ahead of me. There is even more of a desire (to play in the NFL)."

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Lions signed DT Quinn Pitcock.

An offseason report suggested Pitcock finally has control over his depression and addiction to video games. He was in Seattle's training camp last season, but hasn't appeared in a game since walking away from the Colts in 2008. Needless to say, he won't be guaranteed a roster spot.
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Michael Rosenberg: New Lions DL Quinn Pitcock back in NFL after bouts with addiction, depression
Aug. 3, 2011
BY MICHAEL ROSENBERG
DETROIT FREE PRESS COLUMNIST

If somebody had squeezed Quinn Pitcock's psyche into a cup three years ago, it would have tested positive for "Call of Duty." That's a video-game series, and Pitcock was addicted. Pitcock was one year removed from being a third-round NFL draft choice and far removed from normal social interaction.

"When people get depressed, usually, you know ... drug of choice," Pitcock said. "When I was down, I got consumed in video games. For some reason, that's what made me feel better and kind of block out life. I just got sucked into it.

"I could easily play up to 18 hours a day straight, without even realizing it. Really, almost the time I was off is almost a blur. It's almost like I don't remember. It seems like one day of playing for months."

How long did the blur last?

"Probably almost a year, when I was really bad," Pitcock said. "I would try getting help but I would still relapse."

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http://www.freep.com/article/201108...-DL-back-NFL-after-bouts-addiction-depression
 
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Quinn Pitcock ready to try a new chapter in his life
By Mike Lopresti, Gannett

ALLEN PARK, Mich. ? There is nothing in the dark for Quinn Pitcock to hide anymore. Not the anxiety that once drove him out of professional football, nor the video game addiction that once devoured his days.

His life ? and perhaps his career, if he can only win a job with the Detroit Lions? is in a new chapter. Recovery meant talking to experts; candid, unblinking, self-revealing. Talking helped him get better.

And so you ask him after a Lions practice about the quick getaway from the Colts, following his rookie season in 2007. He tells of the depression that he now realizes was born even before the Ohio State days.

"For some reason, it was too much on my shoulders," he said. "So I dropped it and ran."

You ask about regrets. He has them, at 27.

"Looking back, at the time, I wished someone would have grabbed me and thrown me into a car and gotten me some help right away. But what has happened happened for a reason. I got help, and I'm here where I am now."

Now, he is facing the realities of numbers at an NFL training camp, trying to catch on as defensive tackle with a team that has lots of them: "I'm shooting for the moon, the stars, the clouds."

You ask what a typical day was like back in his apartment in 2008, when he fought demons as old as depression and as modern as video games, and his hyperactive mind could be stimulated by every electronic come-on. He gives you his itinerary.

"Not shower for a couple of days. This is how I was at my worst, when I knew it was bad and was trying to quit. I probably slept in until 3 o'clock. I'd wake up and have nothing going on. I'd maybe get one fast food meal for the day, and play until the next morning ? 18, 20, 22 hours. I'd get lost in it.''

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Players like defensive linemen Robert Callaway and Quinn Pitcock will have a hard time cracking, not necessarily because they're bad players, but because Detroit's depth at the position is so strong.

Pitcock knows. The reason he was invited to Lions training is defensive line coach Kris Kocurek, who saw the 6-foot-2, 299-pounder play with intensity while fighting for a spot on Seattle's roster.
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Preds' Quinn Pitcock overcomes depression, video-game addiction in pro football journey
June 7, 2012|By Austin Lyon, Orlando Sentinel

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In the summer of 2008, everything seemed right with Quinn Pitcock.

After a solid rookie season with the Indianapolis Colts, Pitcock was viewed as an up-and-coming defensive tackle for a team with Super Bowl aspirations.

The reality was that Pitcock's life had spun out of control.

He spent most of his time in the pitch-black living room of his Indianapolis apartment, eyes fixated on a TV screen as his fingers feverishly pushed buttons on an Xbox controller.

"I'd go to McDonald's for breakfast, order a bunch of food, come home and play for 18 hours into the next day, then crash, sleep for seven hours and do it all over again," Pitcock said.

Four years later, Pitcock, who continues to battle depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and video-game addiction, is with the Orlando Predators.

"It's a huge set of challenges, born of, in my view, a brain that doesn't quite work the way everyone else's brain does," said Pitcock's friend, Kevin Roberts, a counselor and author of "Cyber Junkie: Escape the Gaming and Internet Trap."

Pitcock has 12 tackles and 3.5 sacks for the Predators (1-10), who will play the host San Jose SaberCats (8-4) at 10:30 Friday night in an Arena Football League game.

"It's a no-brainer for someone to give the kid another opportunity in the NFL," Preds coach Bret Munsey said. "I think he could be better than half the guys on the roster."

Pitcock (6-2, 320 pounds) was a first-team All-American at Ohio State and was selected in the third round of the 2007 draft. He recorded 18 tackles and 1.5 sacks during his rookie season and was projected to compete for a starting position in 2008.

Just before training camp, Pitcock abruptly retired.

"I didn't want football to be a part of my life," he said. "It wasn't just football. I felt like doing nothing."

Pitcock said his depression manifested itself in an addiction to the popular video-game series "Call of Duty."

"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."

His addiction worsened after his retirement. For three months, Pitcock routinely played for 18 hours a day before seeking help.

"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."

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Quinn Pitcock eyes NFL return after video game addiction

NFL.com
Published: June 9, 2012

Former first-team All American defensive tackle from Ohio State Quinn Pitcock was drafted in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts, but depression and video game addiction stunted what could have been a promising career.

Four years later, he's back on the playing field for the Arena Football League's Orlando Predators and eyeing a return to the NFL.

"It's a no-brainer for someone to give the kid another opportunity in the NFL," Predators coach Bret Munsey told the Orlando Sentinel. "I think he could be better than half the guys on the roster."

In his rookie season with the Colts, Pitcock recorded 18 tackles and 1.5 sacks in nine games with one start, but before training camp of his second season he suddenly retired. Pitcock suffered from depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and video game addiction.

"I couldn't put it down," Pitcock said of his addiction to the video game series "Call of Duty". "If I visited family or friends, I timed it down to the last second where I could still play another game."

"I'd go to McDonald's for breakfast, order a bunch of food, come home and play for 18 hours into the next day, then crash, sleep for seven hours and do it all over again," Pitcock said.

For the Predators Pitcock has 12 tackles and 3.5 sacks in 11 games.

Pitcock was waived by Indianapolis in 2010 and subsequently failed to get through training camp with the Seattle Seahawks and Detroit Lions.
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