Baltimore Ravens cornerback Tray Walker died Friday after being involved in a serious motorcycle crash the previous night, a team spokesperson confirmed to TheWrap.
News of the 23-year-old’s death was first reported by
DraftInsider.net publisher Tony Pauline, who
tweeted: “I’ve just been informed that Tray Walker/CB/Baltimore Ravens has been pronounced dead.”
Walker’s agent, Ron Butler, confirmed that the cornerback had died at 5 p.m. ET, according to NFL.com’s
Ian Rapoport.
Walker had been in serious condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida, since Thursday night when he was involved in a serious accident with an SUV, which remained at the scene, according to police.
The accident occurred about three miles from Walker’s former high school, Miami Northwestern. According to Detective Dan Ferrin, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Police Department, Walker was driving his dirt bike west on Northwest 75th Street when he collided at an intersection with a Ford Escape traveling south on Northwest 21st Avenue. Police said Walker was not wearing a helmet.
Walker was a fourth-round draft pick by the Ravens in 2015. He played only eight snaps on defense and make one tackle during his rookie season, which he dedicated to his father, who died of a heart attack in 2014. The 6-foot-2 defensive back was a fourth-round pick in the 2015 NFL Draft.
Walker was a native of Miami who went to high school in the area before attending college at Texas Southern.
