{"id":491650,"date":"2026-02-22T08:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T08:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/491650\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T08:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T08:13:07","slug":"rondale-moore-nfl-wide-receiver-dies-at-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/491650\/","title":{"rendered":"Rondale Moore, NFL wide receiver dies at 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/60394_4977014_nfl_updates.jpg\" alt=\"Rondale Moore, NFL wide receiver dies at 25\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class=\"uploaded-jshare-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rondale Moore, NFL wide receiver dies at 25<\/p>\n<p>NFL wide receiver Rondale Moore\u00a0has passed away at the age of 25.<\/p>\n<p>The Floyd County, Indiana, coroner confirmed to the New York Times that Moore&#8217;s death was being investigated and that an autopsy was scheduled for today, February 22.<\/p>\n<p>Police said that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and his body was found in a garage in his hometown of New Albany, Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>Vikings head coach Kevin O\u2019Connell expressed profound sorrow over Moore\u2019s passing in a statement, saying, \u201cI am devastated by the news of Rondale\u2019s death. While Rondale had been a member of the Vikings for a short time, he was someone we came to know well and care about deeply.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, &#8220;O\u2019Connell praised Moore as a humble and hardworking player who overcame significant challenges throughout his career, including multiple injuries. The coach extended his condolences to Moore\u2019s family, friends, and teammates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After playing college football at Purdue, Moore was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>He was then traded to the Atlanta Falcons in March 2024, but suffered a knee injury during training camp that ended his season.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in March of the following year, he signed a one-year contract with Minnesota Vikings but unfortunately, he experienced another season-ending knee injury in their first preseason game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rondale Moore, NFL wide receiver dies at 25 NFL wide receiver Rondale Moore\u00a0has passed away at the age&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":491651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-491650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}