EX NFL DRAFT PICK DIES DURING GAME
Wide receiver Chandler Williams apparently died of natural causes, Local10 first reported. He was only 27 years old. The wide receiver was a seventh-round draft pick of the Minnesota Vikings in 2007 out of Florida International.
He got into NFL preseason games in four seasons but never played in a regular-season game, also spending time with the Miami Dolphins, Atlanta Falcons and Kansas City Chiefs. Williams also played for the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts.
He caught 83 passes for 996 yards and 17 touchdowns while leading the AFL with a 23-yard kickoff return average for the Tampa Bay Storm last season. The 5’11” player graduated from Miami High School. Storm President Derrick Brooks says ‘we are shocked and saddened.’
The CFL team said in a statement issued Sunday morning that they were ‘saddened to learn of his sudden passing.’ The team added: ‘He is remembered as a very positive young man who was well-liked in the locker room.’
He is survived by his fiancee, Vanitia Harrigan, and a daughter, Tori Williams.
SOURCE: LOCAL10
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