Tray Walker, Baltimore Ravens cornerback, dead at 23
Baltimore Ravens cornerback Tray Walker died Friday, according to multiple reports.
The NFL player was 23 years old.
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Walker was selected by Baltimore in the fourth round of the 2015 NFL Draft and registered two tackles last season, which was his rookie year.
Walker died of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident Thursday night, according to NFL Network, ESPN and others.
The accident happened in Walker's hometown of Miami, Florida.
"Walker was heading westbound on Northwest 75th Street on a Honda dirt bike with no lights and wearing dark clothing when he collided with a Ford Escape heading southbound on Northwest 21st Avenue at approximately 7:50 p.m.," according to the Miami-Dade County Police Department.
On Thursday night, Ravens coach John Harbaugh called it "devastating news" and said "our prayers and hopes are with Tray and his family tonight" in an interview with ESPN.
By Friday night, however, Walker was dead. Condolences and expressions of shock poured in from the NFL world and beyond.
Twenty three years old. RIP Tray Walker.
Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.
