{"id":114353,"date":"2026-01-07T17:54:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/114353\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T17:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T17:54:08","slug":"ex-texas-wr-jordan-shipley-in-critical-condition-w-severe-burns-after-ranch-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/114353\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Texas WR Jordan Shipley In Critical Condition W\/ Severe Burns After Ranch Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Ex-Texas Star Jordan Shipley<br \/>\n                          In Critical Condition W\/ Severe Burns<br \/>\n                          After Ranch Accident<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              January 7, 2026<br \/>\n                            8:15 AM PST\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260107_331f31fcdc1a4a9b89ea5df7e27f3a88\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1ad0d60e-1964-4705-8bd7-1e559374dd48\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/331f31fcdc1a4a9b89ea5df7e27f3a88_md.jpg\" alt=\"jordan shipley main getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>An accident on his family ranch left former Texas Longhorns football star Jordan Shipley in critical but stable condition with severe burns &#8230; and now his loved ones are asking for prayers.<\/p>\n<p>40-year-old Shipley was operating a machine Tuesday when it caught fire &#8212; and while he managed to get out, his body sustained burns that required a care flight to a hospital in Austin, Texas &#8212; about 55 miles from the ranch.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260107_a82ef038e63c41da9f17d43f21bc677b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1ad0d60e-1964-4705-8bd7-1e559374dd48\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a82ef038e63c41da9f17d43f21bc677b_md.jpg\" alt=\"jordan shipley sub getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>His family released a statement through the University of Texas athletic department detailing the incident &#8230; and they credited one of the ranchers for driving him to the local hospital to catch the care flight.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>According to his dad, Bob, Shipley is undergoing several procedures for the burns &#8230; and the biggest threats to his health at this time are infections and pneumonia.<\/p>\n<p>Shipley was a two-time All-American at Texas, starring for the program from 2006 to 2009. He still holds the program\u2019s single-season and career records for receptions &#8212; and is second all-time in career receiving yards.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260107_0f6213f7c6c94e54b7c81d282ea3c03c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:1ad0d60e-1964-4705-8bd7-1e559374dd48\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0f6213f7c6c94e54b7c81d282ea3c03c_md.jpg\" alt=\"jordan shipley sub insta 3\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Bengals selected him in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft \u2026 he also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Jacksonville Jaguars before retiring in 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ex-Texas Star Jordan Shipley In Critical Condition W\/ Severe Burns After Ranch Accident Published January 7, 2026 8:15&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,223,154,12691,33804],"class_list":["post-114353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-tmz-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}