{"id":1525682,"date":"2022-06-22T11:19:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T15:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1525682"},"modified":"2022-06-22T11:19:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T15:19:14","slug":"26-year-old-nfl-player-jaylon-ferguson-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/26-year-old-nfl-player-jaylon-ferguson-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"26-Year-Old NFL Player Jaylon Ferguson Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F26-year-old-nfl-player-jaylon-ferguson-dead%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1525682&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\">The NFL\u2019s Baltimore Ravens on Wednesday announced the death of 26-year-old linebacker Jaylon Ferguson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Ferguson has been at least the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sudden-death-the-surge-of-nfl-tragedies-and-whats-behind-it\">fourth<\/a> active NFL player under 40 years old to die this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are profoundly saddened by the tragic passing of Jaylon Ferguson,\u201d the team\u2019s Twitter account announced. \u201cHe was a kind, respectful young man with a big smile and infectious personality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe express our heartfelt condolences to Jaylon\u2019s family and friends as we mourn a life lost much too soon,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are profoundly saddened by the tragic passing of Jaylon Ferguson. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ylBvLEzjer\">pic.twitter.com\/ylBvLEzjer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ravens\/status\/1539577853502754817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The athlete\u2019s agent, Safarrah Lawson, asked for prayers and privacy for Ferguson\u2019s family at this time. Lawson also did not provide any details on Ferguson\u2019s cause of death. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s with great sadness that we announce the passing of Baltimore Ravens LB Jaylon Ferguson. The family asks for your prayers and privacy during this trying time,\u201d Lawson said in a statement, NFL insider Ian Rapoport reported Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Terrible news: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ravens?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ravens<\/a> LB Jaylon Ferguson has died at just 26 years old. <\/p>\n<p> Statement from agent Safarrah Lawson:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s with great sadness that we announce the passing of Baltimore Ravens LB Jaylon Ferguson. The family asks for your prayers and privacy during this trying time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1539578100740153344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, 38-year-old\u00a0Marion Barber, who played for the Dallas Cowboys, was found dead at his apartment in Frisco, Texas.<\/p>\n<p> His cause of death has yet to be determined.<\/p>\n<p>Former Cowboys teammate Terence Newman recalled this week that Barber was in distress during their last encounter three years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wasn\u2019t doing too well \u2026 he looked bad \u2026 like a different person, like he couldn\u2019t function,\u201d Newman said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/2022\/06\/14\/marion-barbers-ex-teammate-terence-newman-scared-by-last-encounter\">according<\/a> to Sports Illustrated. \u201cWhen I tell you I was scared, I thought he might swing on me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While speculation has stirred about Barber suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, commonly known as CTE, the late player\u2019s father, Marion Barber II, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys\/article262097117.html\">said<\/a> in a recent interview that his son did not want his brain donated for CTE research.<\/p>\n<p>Before his death, Barber was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thelandryhat.com\/2022\/06\/13\/cowboys-marion-barber-death-details-cte-research\/\">reportedly<\/a> hospitalized for mental health concerns on two occasions.<\/p>\n<p>In April, 24-year-old\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/withhold-any-judgement-widow-of-nfls-dwayne-haskins-releases-statement-following-autopsy-report\">Dwayne Haskins<\/a> died after he was struck by a dump truck while attempting to cross the westbound lanes of I-595 in Broward County, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>A recent medical report showed that Haskins had a .20 blood alcohol content level at the time of his death and tested positive for the drugs ketamine and norketamine. Haskins also reportedly had a \u201cfemale companion\u201d in the vehicle he exited just before the accident occurred.<\/p>\n<p>And in May, Arizona Cardinals cornerback Jeff Gladney, 25,\u00a0tragically\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/first-round-nfl-draft-pick-dead-at-25\">died<\/a> in a car accident last month. Details of the crash remain unknown.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire will update this post as more information is provided\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sudden-death-the-surge-of-nfl-tragedies-and-whats-behind-it\">Sudden Death: The Surge Of NFL Tragedies, And What\u2019s Behind\u00a0It<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL\u2019s Baltimore Ravens on Wednesday announced the death of 26-year-old linebacker Jaylon Ferguson. Ferguson has been at least the fourth\u00a0NFL player under 40 years old to die this year. \u201cWe are profoundly saddened by the tragic passing of Jaylon Ferguson,\u201d the team\u2019s Twitter account announced. \u201cHe was a kind, respectful young man with a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":1525782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1525682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1525682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1525682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1525682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1525782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1525682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1525682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1525682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}