BOISE — Former Boise State Broncos football player Doug Martin died over the weekend while in police custody in Oakland after an alleged break-in, the law enforcement agency confirmed Monday.

Martin, 36, of Stockton, California, a Boise State standout at running back and seven-year NFL player, died Saturday at a hospital in Oakland after what police labeled a “medical emergency” early that morning.

Officers responded to a report of a burglary at an East Oakland residence, found Martin inside the home and detained him after a “brief struggle,” according to an Oakland police news release.

Martin became unresponsive after officers took him into custody, police said.

Arriving paramedics provided aid before taking him by ambulance to a local hospital, police said. He later died at the hospi

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