Ex-NFL player D.J. Hayden, along with his former Houston Cougars teammate Zach McMillian, died in a car wreck in Houston early Saturday morning, according to the Houston Chronicle.
D.J. Hayden was among the six people who died in a car accident in Houston, early Saturday morning, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported.
Hayden was 33. The Houston Chronicle was the first to report the news of Hayden’s passing.
He was born in Houston and played college football at the University of Houston. His former fellow Cougar Zach McMillian also died in the wreck, police said.
Hayden captured the attention of the sports world more than a decade ago when he survived a near-fatal injury to his heart during a full-pads practice at University of Houston.
