REPORT: Three NFL Players on Missing Boat Continuing Updates

More information regarding the Missing Boat 50 miles off Clearwater Pass, more names have been revealed.

In a previous update we mentioned that 2 of the players on the boat were NFL players. The coast guard has revealed the neames of all four passengers on the missing boat; Victor "Marquis" Cooper, who plays for the Oakland Raiders, Corey Smith of the Detroit Lions, Will Bleakley and Nick Schuyler, former University of South Florida football players, did not return from their fishing trip as expected last night.

Cooper and Smith played together for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2004 before bouncing around the league.

"Weather conditions continue to hamper the search and rescue efforts," said Capt. Timothy Close commander of the commander of the St. Petersburg Sector of the Coast Guard.

The St. Petersburg Times asks that anyone with information regarding this case is asked to call Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg at (727) 824-7506, or by marine VHF radio channel 16.