FILE – Oregon defensive again Khyree Jackson poses for a portrait on the NFL soccer Mix, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Indianapolis. Minnesota Vikings rookie cornerback Khyree Jackson was killed within the morning of July 6, 2024, in a automobile crash in Maryland, police and the group stated.
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Minnesota Vikings rookie cornerback Khyree Jackson was killed Saturday morning in a automobile crash in Maryland, police and the group stated.
Jackson, 24, was one in all three individuals who died in an in a single day three-car crash in Prince George’s County, in keeping with Maryland State Police.
The Vikings launched a press release saying the group spoke to Jackson’s household, and is “devastated by the information.”
“I’m heartbroken by the lack of Khyree,” Vikings common supervisor Kwesi Adofo-Mensah stated within the assertion. “As we acquired to know him all through the pre-draft course of, it was clear the objectives Khyree wished to perform each professionally and personally. His story was one in all resilience. He was taking steps to turn out to be one of the best model of himself not only for him, however for many who cared about and regarded as much as him.”
Jackson was a fourth-round collection of the Vikings within the 2024 NFL draft. He performed two years at Alabama earlier than ending his faculty profession with one season at Oregon, the place he began at cornerback.
Oregon head soccer coach Dan Lanning paid tribute to Jackson on social media: “I’ll miss your smile. Nice participant higher particular person,” he wrote on X.
RIP Khyree… Love you @Real_Khyree confused. I’ll miss your smile. Nice participant higher particular person.
— Dan Lanning (@CoachDanLanning) July 6, 2024
Jackson was within the operating to earn a beginning cornerback job on the group’s coaching camp, which opens later this month in Eagan, Minnesota.
“I’m confused. My coronary heart goes out to Khyree’s household, associates, teammates and coaches,” Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell stated within the assertion.
Police stated Jackson died on the scene. The opposite victims have been Isaiah Hazel, 23, and Anthony Lytton, Jr., 24.
Hazel performed faculty soccer at Maryland and Charlotte, and Lytton performed at Florida State and Penn State.
The three received state championships collectively at Dr. Henry A. Clever Jr. Excessive Faculty in Maryland, in keeping with On3.com.
They have been in the identical car on the time of the crash. Hazel was driving, and Jackson and Lytton have been passengers, police stated.
Investigators imagine the motive force of a second car touring north tried to vary lanes “at a excessive price of pace” after they struck the automobile pushed by Hazel and a 3rd car.
No person was injured within the second or third autos.
Investigators say alcohol may need been a contributing issue within the crash, and costs are pending “the investigation and session with the Prince George’s County State’s Lawyer’s Workplace.”
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