This just came across my ESPN feed and struck me as very sad....he was only 50 and if you remember was injured in a game suffering neck and spine injuries which doctors feared would never allow him to walk again yet he did. 17 year old driver crossed into his lane causing a head on....RIP Dennis.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/17803790/former-new-york-jets-de-dennis-byrd-killed-oklahoma-car-crash