D.J. Hayden Kicks the bucket at Age 33; Previous Marauders CB Was 1st-Round Choose in 2013 NFL Draft
Previous NFL cornerback D.J. Hayden passed on at the age of 33 on Saturday.
Agreeing to a Houston Police Office report gotten by Joseph Duarte of the Houston Chronicle, Hayden was among six individuals slaughtered in a collision when a car sped through a ruddy light close a expressway around 2 a.m. nearby time.
Duarte famous four individuals were articulated dead at the scene, counting previous College of Houston cornerback Zach McMillian.
Hayden and McMillian were colleagues on the Cougars for two seasons in 2011 and 2012. They were named to the program’s all-decade group for the 2010s. Hayden was moreover a two-time All-Conference-USA choice in his two college seasons.
In spite of lost Houston’s last three recreations of the 2012 season since of a near-fatal heart harm endured amid a hone session when on
e of his partners inadvertently kneed him within the chest, Hayden had a nine-year career within the NFL.
The Oakland Pillagers selected Hayden with the No. 12 by and large choose within the 2013 draft. He went through four seasons with the Pillagers some time recently joining the Detroit Lions in 2017. His longest spell with a group after taking off Oakland was a three-year run with the Jacksonville Pumas from 2018 to 2020.
Hayden’s last season within the NFL was in 2021 when he played one amusement with the Washington Commanders. He showed up in a add up to of 92 diversions amid his career, recording 328 combined handles, 46 pass breakups and four interceptor.
