Netflix’s UNTOLD documentary series will return next month featuring an episode about the murder of former Alcorn State and NFL quarterback legend Steve McNair.
The McNair doc is part of a three-week event that will begin Aug. 20 with the premiere of UNTOLD: The Murder of Air McNair, which is directed by Rodney Lucas and Taylor Alexander Ward.
The death of McNair in a 2009 murder-suicide, two years after his retirement from the NFL, shocked fans then and since and has left lingering questions.
He was shot and killed by Sahel “Jenni” Kazemi, his 20-year-old mistress, on July 4 of that year. Kazemi shot McNair while he was asleep on her couch and then shot herself in the head. The deaths were quickly ruled a murder-suicide by authorities but suspicion still lingers that it was a double execution.
The Tennessee Titans held a two-day memorial for McNair following his death and retired his No. 9 jersey.
McNair was a prolific, record-setting quarterback and three-time offensive player of the year in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) who won the 1994 Walter Payton Award as the top offensive player in then NCAA I-AA (now FCS) football. He earned the nickname “Air” for his prodigious ability as a passer and playmaker.
His scintillating play in his senior campaign saw him finish an unprecedented third in the 1994 Heisman Trophy race, the highest finish ever for a black college player. In his college career, he passed for SWAC and I-AA records of 14,496 yards and 119 touchdowns and set numerous I-AA single-game and career records for total offense.
He was drafted third overall in the 1995 NFL Draft by Houston and played 11 years for the Oilers who later moved to Nashville, Tennessee and became the Titans. McNair played the final two years of his 13-year career with the Baltimore Ravens. He was a three-time Pro Bowler and 2003 co-MVP who led the Titans to Super Bowl XXXIV in the 1999 season.
The series will also include documentaries about Michigan football’s sign stealing scandal and Hope Solo’s battle against U.S. Soccer.
UNTOLD: Sign Stealer, directed by Micah Brown, premiers Aug. 27 and UNTOLD: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer, directed by Nina Meredith, premiers Sept. 3.
