Former Bengals and Texas receiver Jordan Shipley severely burned in ranch accident | NFL
Former Texas star and NFL wide receiver Jordan Shipley is being treated in hospital after suffering severe burns in an accident on his ranch near his hometown of Burnet, Texas.
According to a statement from his family, Shipley was using a machine when it caught fire. Although the 40-year-old man was able to free himself from the machine, “it was only after he suffered severe burns to his body,” the statement read. “He was able to reach one of his ranch hands who drove him to a local hospital. He was then flown to Austin, where he remains in critical but stable condition.”
According to On Texas Football, Shipley suffered third-degree burns over 20 percent of his body.
Shipley earned Associated Press All-America honors with the Longhorns in 2009. He had 248 career catches in college for 3,191 yards and 33 touchdowns. He also ran track for Texas, representing the college in the 100m and 200m.
Shipley was drafted in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft by Cincinnati and had 79 receptions for 858 yards and four touchdowns in three seasons with the Bengals, Jacksonville Jaguars and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He retired from the NFL in 2014.
“Please keep Jordan, his wife and sons in your prayers,” his father Bob wrote on Facebook. “He needs to undergo several surgeries and the biggest threats at this stage appear to be infections and pneumonia.”
Shipley has appeared on Longhorns television broadcasts since his retirement and worked alongside his father and brother Jaxon, who also had a brief NFL career, in real estate in Texas.
