{"id":25487,"date":"2025-06-29T21:39:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T21:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/25487\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T21:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T21:39:12","slug":"professional-football-coach-dead-in-horrific-accident-at-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/25487\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Football Coach Dead In ‘Horrific’ Accident At 33"},"content":{"rendered":"

Professional Football Coach Dead In ‘Horrific’ Accident At 33<\/a> originally appeared on The Spun<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A former NFL wide receiver turned professional football coach died earlier in the week. He was just 33 years old.<\/p>\n

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Details from his death have since emerged and the former NFL wide receiver turned Canadian Football League coach died from a “horrific” car accident, according to reports.<\/p>\n

Chandler Jones, a former standout college football wide receiver who played briefly in the National Football League, was killed in a terrible car accident. He was a\u00a0coach and player for the Canadian Football League’s (CFL) Montreal Alouettes. Jones, who starred collegiately at San Jose State University, was killed last Sunday, June 22.<\/p>\n

Jones was killed last Sunday\u00a0around 2 a. m. in Los Angeles and he reportedly died from blunt traumatic injuries, according to the medical examiner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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From the report:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Officials with the California Highway Patrol said Jones was struck by the driver of a Toyota RAV4 on the eastbound lanes of the 90 Freeway, near the Centinela Avenue off-ramp, around 2 a.m. Sunday, June 22.<\/p>\n

Jones was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

Jones grew up in LA and was a standout at Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance. He then went on to play college football at San Jose State. He continues to hold the university\u2019s record in receptions (248) and touchdown catches (31). He was the only player in the school\u2019s history to record at least 50 receptions in each of his four seasons with the Spartans.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The Montreal Alouettes released a statement.<\/p>\n

“We extend our heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, and loved ones of former assistant defensive backs coach Chandler Jones. He was a passionate and dedicated coach whose professionalism and commitment left a lasting impression on the organization,” they said.<\/p>\n

San Jose State did, too.<\/p>\n

“It is with great sadness that we share the passing of alum, Chandler Jones \u201809. Jones was a standout player on Bishop\u2019s football team and still holds the record for longest kick-off return (97 yards) and longest fumble recovery (98 yards),” the school said.<\/p>\n

Our thoughts are with the friends and family members of the victim.<\/p>\n

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May he rest in peace.<\/p>\n

Professional Football Coach Dead In ‘Horrific’ Accident At 33<\/a> first appeared on The Spun on Jun 29, 2025<\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by The Spun<\/a> on Jun 29, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Professional Football Coach Dead In ‘Horrific’ Accident At 33 originally appeared on The Spun. A former NFL wide…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[22668,22667,12338,12339,12337,22670,12341,9338,1232,22669,12343,22666,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-25487","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-bishop-montgomery-high-school","9":"tag-california-highway-patrol","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-car-accident","12":"tag-chandler-jones","13":"tag-football-coach","14":"tag-montreal-alouettes","15":"tag-national-football-league","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-nfl-wide-receiver","18":"tag-san-jose-state-football","19":"tag-san-jose-state-university","20":"tag-sports","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114768823500562567","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}