Keion Carpenter

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Keion Carpenter
Position (s):
Safety 		Jersey number (s):
29
born on October 31, 1977 in Baltimore , Maryland , USA
died on December 29, 2016 in Miami , Florida , USA
Career information
Active : 1999 - 2014
Undrafted in 1999
College : Virginia Tech
Teams
Career statistics
Tackles     206
Interceptions     14th
Touchdowns     1
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards

  • No notable successes

Keion Eric Carpenter (* 31 October 1977 in Baltimore , Maryland ; † 29. December 2016 in Miami , Florida ) was an American American football poker players on the position of the safeties . He played seven years for the Buffalo Bills and the Atlanta Falcons in the National Football League (NFL).

Early years

Carpenter went to high school in Baltimore County , Maryland. He then went to the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University .

NFL

Carpenter was signed by the Buffalo Bills after the 1999 NFL Draft . He stayed here for three seasons before moving to the Atlanta Falcons in 2002 . On November 24, 2002, he scored the first and only time in his career a touchdown after an interception in the game against the Carolina Panthers .

Carpenter was one of the few football players who managed to make a comeback in the NFL after undergoing spinal fusion , a surgical procedure in which vertebral bodies are stiffened to give the spine full strength.

Personal

Carpenter had three daughters and one son.

death

On December 28, 2016, while he was on vacation with his family in Miami, Florida, Carpenter fell while playing with his son, bumping his head. Then he fell into a coma. He died a day later.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Silverstein: Nick Collins hopes to return to football after fusion surgery. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , April 10, 2012, accessed December 31, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Mike Klingaman: Keion Carpenter, former Woodlawn High, NFL player, dies at 39. The Baltimore Sun , December 29, 2016, accessed on December 30, 2016 (English): “Keion Eric Carpenter, 39, died Thursday morning, a day after he fell in a 'freak accident' while running with his son, a relative said. He struck his head, lost consciousness and slipped into a coma while on vacation in Miami with his wife and four children. Carpenter died at Jackson South Community Hospital in Miami, a family spokesperson said. "
personal data
SURNAME Carpenter, Keion
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carpenter, Keion Eric (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Baltimore , Maryland , United States
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 2016
Place of death Miami , Florida , United States