{"id":884913,"date":"2026-10-17T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T00:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/884913\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T00:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T00:00:47","slug":"former-nfl-punter-kasey-redfern-dead-at-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/884913\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NFL punter Kasey Redfern dead at 35"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former NFL player Kasey Redfern, a journeyman punter who logged snaps in games for the Detroit Lions and Atlanta Falcons, has died at 35 years old.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Lawson, the chief investigator at the Spartanburg County Coroner\u2019s Office in South Carolina, told the California Post on Friday that his office was recently notified of Redfern\u2019s passing, but further details were not provided.<\/p>\n

Detroit Lions punter Kasey Redfern (2) awaits the snap for a field goal attempt prior to a preseason game against the New England Patriots at Ford Field in Detroit, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. New England won 30-28. Diamond Images\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

A GoFundMe set up for Redfern<\/a> a little more than three years ago stated he was diagnosed with central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma in May 2023 after doctors discovered a tumor on his brain.<\/p>\n

Redfern\u2019s wife, Lauryl, wrote in a Facebook post last month<\/a> that her husband, who she described as \u201cthe love of my life,\u201d had made a \u201cmove toward hospice care\u201d after his health had taken a turn for the worse over the summer.<\/p>\n

Atlanta Falcons punter Kasey Redfern (9) punts against the Arizona Cardinals during an NFL football game at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems that everything he\u2019s been experiencing over the last couple weeks \u2014 the falls, extreme decline in short term memory, random throwing up, and some other things are likely due to cognitive decline caused by neurotoxicity from all of the treatments he\u2019s had over the last 3.5 years,\u201d Lauryl said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis poor brain has had all it can take treatment wise so we want to make sure that he can be as comfortable as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added that if Redfern \u201cmakes it to Heaven soon, he will have it better than the rest of us and for that all I can do is be thankful and joyful and filled with peace (and a lot of jealousy) that He will be WHOLE and in glory with our Savior \u2014 the best place we could ask to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Redfern played collegiately for Wofford, kicking and punting for the Terriers from 2010 to 2013.<\/p>\n

Detroit Lions punter Kasey Redfern (2), left, talks with Detroit Lions kicker Matt Prater (5) on the sidelines during a preseason game against the New York Jets at Ford Field in Detroit, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n

In 2014, he signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent and he went on to earn contracts from several different teams, including the Chargers, Panthers, Browns, Lions, Cowboys and Falcons.<\/p>\n

He played in a total of four regular season NFL games, averaging 42.1 yards per punt.<\/p>\n

Texas Tech co-defensive coordinator Rob Greene, Redfern\u2019s former teammate and roommate at Wofford, praised Redfern on his X page<\/a> in May when he urged his followers to make donations to Redfern\u2019s cancer fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat man, husband, father, and friend,\u201d Greene said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former NFL player Kasey Redfern, a journeyman punter who logged snaps in games for the Detroit Lions and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":884914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[1327,2356,1810,349,99],"class_list":["post-884913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-california","tag-detroit-lions","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=884913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/884914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=884913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=884913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}