Baltimore Ravens linebacker Jaylon Ferguson dead at 26
Tim Crews invited his new teammates to his home on Little Lake Nellie for a picnic and fishing on a spring training off day. After 8 p.m., Crews, a free agency reliever who had recently signed with the Indians after six seasons with the Dodgers, and Olin, a right-handed reliever who had pitched four seasons with the Indians, set out on an open-air bass boat with a third colleague. Crews’ boat collided with a dock that protruded 220 to 250 feet into the water while travelling at high speeds. Olin, 27, died instantaneously. The following day, 32 crew members perished from head injuries. Bobby Ojeda, a former Met and Yankee and current SNY analyst, was the accident’s only survivor.
Jaylon Ferguson, a 26-year-old Baltimore Ravens linebacker and Louisiana Tech standout, died on Wednesday, the organisation confirmed.
“He was a kind, respectful young man with a big smile and infectious personality,” the Ravens wrote in a statement. “We express our heartfelt condolences to Jaylon’s family and friends as we mourn a life lost much too soon.”
There were no specifics provided concerning his death, but a representative for the Baltimore Police Department told the Daily News that officers were summoned to a home just before midnight Tuesday and discovered Ferguson lifeless.
Ferguson never recovered consciousness and was declared dead on the spot.
There were no evidence of trauma, and no foul play is suspected, but investigators are not ruling out the potential of an overdose, according to a police department official.
Ferguson’s body was sent to the medical examiner’s office to establish the cause of death.
Ferguson was picked by the Ravens in the third round in 2019 after dominating the field at Louisiana Tech, where he finished his college career as the NCAA’s all-time sack leader.
He made nine starts and appeared in 14 games with the Ravens in his first season before moving to the bench the next year, starting only one game. He played in ten games during the 2021-22 season.
