Two-time All-American vast receiver and outstanding Outdoor Channel host Jordan Shipley is in essential situation after an accident on his ranch in Texas, his household stated in a press release.
Shipley, 40, was described as secure after remaining hospitalized Tuesday evening in Austin. The assertion stated a machine that he was working close to his hometown of Burnet caught fireplace. The previous Texas nice suffered “extreme burns on his physique.”
Shipley abruptly retired in 2012 after three NFL seasons primarily due to persistent concussion points and persistent knee issues. He rapidly transitioned to tv exhibits that showcased his ardour for deer looking, co-hosting “The Bucks of Tecomate” and “Tecomate Whitetail Nation.”
“It was not exhausting in any respect,” Shipley stated on the time of retiring at 27. “Solely as a result of I by no means noticed myself as a soccer participant first. Don’t get me mistaken, I labored my tail off for soccer and I cherished it however by no means noticed that as my entire id as a result of I had such an enormous background in outdoor. Actually, with this chance I had I used to be really fairly enthusiastic about shifting ahead.”
Though he loved a robust rookie season with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2010 with 52 receptions for 600 yards and three touchdowns, he’s greatest remembered as a record-setting participant at Texas.
Shipley starred as a receiver and a kick returner from 2006 to 2009, setting program single-season information in 2009 with 116 receptions and 1,489 yards. He additionally stays the profession chief for receptions with 248 and ranks second in profession receiving yards with 3,191, behind Roy Williams. Shipley additionally returned 4 punts or kickoffs for touchdowns.
After being drafted within the third spherical by the Bengals, he grew to become some of the standard gamers with Cincinnati followers, and his No. 11 jersey was worn by hundreds. After a debilitating knee harm early within the 2011 season, he was by no means the identical participant, and he had quick stints with Tampa Bay and Jacksonville earlier than retiring.
Based on his household, Jordan was working a machine at his ranch when it caught fireplace. He managed to free himself from the machine, however “not earlier than sustaining extreme burns on his physique within the course of.” Jordan was airlifted to the hospital in Austin.
“He was in a position to get to one among his employees on the ranch, who drove him to an area hospital. He was then care-flighted to Austin, the place he stays in essential however secure situation,” the assertion stated.
Shipley’s youthful brother, former Texas vast receiver Jaxon Shipley, 33, requested for prayers in a assertion on Instagram: “Please pray for full therapeutic and no infections or different points on his highway to restoration. I don’t wish to get into all the small print, aside from his life was spared right now by the grace of God and the sheer will to dwell. I consider prayer is efficient so I’m asking anybody and everybody to elevate Jordan up in prayer.”
