Former Arizona Cardinals cornerback Chris Payton-Jones was killed Saturday in a car accident in Florida. He was only 30.
Payton-Jones reportedly collided with a pickup truck in Alachua County, Florida, and later died from his injuries. He was the only fatality in the accident as the driver of the truck and his passengers only suffered minor injuries, according to WJXT-TV.
The Jacksonville, Florida, native first debuted in the NFL as a member of the Lions’ practice squad in 2018, but by the next season, he was signed by Arizona. Starting in 2020, he spent the next several seasons drifting from team to team, including stints with the Lions, the Titans, and the Raiders, before retiring from the NFL in 2022 and moving into the UFL and XFL.
While he didn’t make a big mark on the field, he had a huge impact on the players and coaches he
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