Vikings rookie cornerback Khyree Jackson has been killed in a car crash, his agent told ESPN. He was 24.
Minnesota Vikings rookie cornerback Khyree Jackson was killed in a car crash overnight, the team announced Saturday. He was 24.
Details of the crash were not immediately available. Jackson’s mother, Ebbony, told TMZ that her son died in his hometown of Upper Marlboro, Maryland.
Jackson was selected by the Vikings in the fourth round of this year’s draft and had been considered a contender to start at cornerback.
«We are devastated by the news of Khyree Jackson’s death following an overnight car accident», the Vikings said in a statement.
