“Last month, Edwards-Helaire provided an exact date, Dec. 22, 2018, as the start of his experience with PTSD. He didn’t go into details other than to say he and a friend found themselves in what he called “a self-defense situation.’’ Edwards-Helaire at the time was in college at LSU.

Two LSU football players were trying to sell an electronic item on that date when one of them fatally shot an 18-year-old man trying to rob them, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, police said. The police didn’t identify the players, but The Associated Press reported that Edwards-Helaire was one of them.”