Finnerty, a star at Brighton High School, accepted an offer to play at the University of Toledo but transferred to Grand Valley after the 2001 season.

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The searchers included current Grand Valley coach Matt Mitchell, who was a defensive coach when Finnerty played, as well as former Lakers coach Chuck Martin, now offensive coordinator at Notre Dame.

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Finnerty never got into a regular season game, though -- as the Baltimore Sun reported -- he was called up from the practice squad and put on the Ravens' active roster in December 2007.

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D2football.com, a website focused on Division II football, named Finnerty its player of the decade for the 2000s.

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Finnerty's body later was discovered within a mile of where he disappeared.

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The only solid lead on Finnerty's whereabouts had been the discovery of a small pontoon boat he had been using in Bray Creek, near the Baldwin River, Hilts said.

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Mitchell said he was "crushed" by Finnerty's death, especially considering the family he left behind, a wife and two young children.

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