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Former Texas star and NFL receiver Jordan Shipley is being treated in hospital after suffering severe burns in an accident on his ranch near his hometown of Burnet, Texas.
According to a statement from his family, Shipley was operating a machine when it caught fire. Although the 40-year-old was able to free himself from the machine “it was not before sustaining severe burns on his body in the process,” read the statement. “He was able to get to one of his workers on the ranch, who drove him to a local hospital. He was then care-flighted to Austin, where he remains in critical but stable condition.”
According to On Texas Football, Shipley received third-degree burns to more than 20% of his body.
Shipley earned Associated Press All-America honors with the Longhorns in 2009. He had 248 career catches in college for 3,191 yards and 33 touchdowns. He also ran track for Texas, representing the college in the 100m and 200m.
Shipley was drafted in the third round of the 2010 NFL draft by Cincinnati and had 79 receptions for 858 yards and four touchdowns over three seasons with the Bengals, Jacksonville Jaguars and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He officially retired from the NFL in 2014.
His brother Jaxon, who also had a brief NFL career, said the main risk to his brother is infection and pneumonia.
“Please pray for full healing and no infections or other issues on his road to recovery. I don’t want to get into all the details, other than his life was spared today by the grace of God and the sheer will to live,” Jaxon Shipley wrote on Instagram. “I believe prayer is effective so I’m asking anyone and everyone to lift Jordan up in prayer.”
Shipley, who is married with two sons, has been involved in Longhorns television broadcasts since his playing retirement and has also worked alongside his father and brother in Texas real estate.
