OJ Simpson dead after cancer battle, family says [Video]

BUFFALO, N.Y. — If you ask Booker Edgerson about his days playing with O.J. Simpson, he remembers the time on the field. 

“People say, ‘Did you play with O.J.?’ I told them, ‘No. He played with me because I was here first,’ ” Edgerson said. 

But if you ask him about today’s news, some other memories come back. 

“Well, it was tough,” he said. “He was like a little brother in a way.”

Edgerson and Simpson played together in the 1969 NFL season in Buffalo — Simpson’s rookie year. Late in the season, the two became roommates after butting heads early on. Edgerson said Simpson was a prima donna, and he was more old school, so they clashed.

But after rooming together, the two learned they had a lot in common. Their birthdays …