Packers Super Bowl champion speaks out following untimely death of teen son: ‘A special soul’

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Linebacker Brady Poppinga, #51 of the Green Bay Packers, defends against the New Orleans Saints on Sept. 17, 2006 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Saints defeated the Packers 34-27. (Rob Tringali/Sportschrome/Getty Images)

Former Green Bay Packers linebacker Brady Poppinga spoke out Thursday for the first time since it was revealed that his 17-year-old son, Julius, died earlier this week after reportedly suffering a severe asthma attack. 

Julius Poppinga, a junior at Westlake High School in