DESTIN, Fla. — Former NFL quarterback Ryan Mallett drowned Tuesday whereas vacationing at a Florida seaside, based on the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Workplace. He was 35.
Mallett was the pinnacle soccer coach at White Corridor Excessive College in Arkansas.
“It’s with nice unhappiness that we share the lack of coach Ryan Mallett,” the White Corridor College District stated in an announcement. “Coach Mallett was a beloved coach and educator. We ask that you simply bear in mind his household, workforce, college students, fellow coaches, and the White Corridor College District employees in your prayers.”
In line with a publish on the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Workplace Fb web page, a person was swimming within the Gulf of Mexico and was struggling to make it again to shore when he “went underneath and lifeguards say he was not respiration when pulled out.”
The person was pronounced useless at a Destin hospital and later recognized as Mallett.
Mallett was a third-round decide of the New England Patriots within the 2011 NFL Draft. The Arkansas native spent two seasons as a backup to lately retired quarterback Tom Brady earlier than being traded to the Houston Texans in 2014.
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“The New England Patriots are deeply saddened to study of the sudden and surprising passing of former quarterback Ryan Mallett,” the workforce stated in an announcement. “Our ideas are with the Mallett household, his former teammates and all who’re mourning his loss.”
The New England Patriots are deeply saddened to study of the sudden and surprising passing of former quarterback Ryan Mallett.
Our ideas are with the Mallett household, his former teammates and all who’re mourning his loss. pic.twitter.com/TUpa7cpXoS
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) June 27, 2023
Mallett began six video games for the Texans through the 2014 and 2015 seasons, however he was launched three days after lacking the workforce flight to Miami earlier than a sport in opposition to the Dolphins.
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He signed with the Baltimore Ravens in December 2015 and would spend the subsequent two seasons as a backup to Joe Flacco.
One among Mallett’s closing NFL performances was in 2017 in opposition to the Dolphins, changing a concussed Flacco. He accomplished three of seven passes for 20 yards and a landing because the Ravens routed Miami 40-0.
Mallett was a standout faculty quarterback at Arkansas, the place he handed for 7,493 yards and 62 touchdowns in two seasons as a starter for the Razorbacks in 2009 and 2010. He sat out the 2008 season after transferring from Michigan, the place he began three video games for the Wolverines in 2007.