{"id":66971,"date":"2026-02-21T22:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T03:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/nfl-receiver-ronald-moore-dies-at-age-of-25-way-too-soon-way-too-special\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T22:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T03:59:18","slug":"nfl-receiver-ronald-moore-dies-at-age-of-25-way-too-soon-way-too-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/nfl-receiver-ronald-moore-dies-at-age-of-25-way-too-soon-way-too-special\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL receiver Ronald Moore dies at age of 25: \u2018Way too soon. Way too special\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Former coach says player was \u2018complete joy\u2019<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Teammates pay tribute after Moore\u2019s death<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former NFL wide receiver Rondale Moore died on Saturday at the age of 25, his former college coach, Jeff Brohm, has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRondale Moore was a complete joy to coach,\u201d Brohm, who coached Moore at Purdue, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jeffbrohm\/status\/2025385271273951328?s=42\">said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cThe ultimate competitor that wouldn\u2019t back down from any challenge. Rondale had a work ethic unmatched by anyone. A great teammate that would come through in any situation. We all loved Rondale, we loved his smile and competitive edge that always wanted to please everyone he came in contact with. We offer all of our thoughts and prayers to Rondale and his family, we love him very much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the US, you can call or text the <a href=\"https:\/\/988lifeline.org\/\">National Suicide Prevention Lifeline<\/a> on 988, chat on <a href=\"https:\/\/988lifeline.org\/chat\/\">988lifeline.org<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crisistextline.org\/\">text HOME<\/a> to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In the UK and Ireland, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritans.org\/\">Samaritans<\/a> can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email <a href=\"mailto:jo@samaritans.org\">jo@samaritans.org<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:jo@samaritans.ie\">jo@samaritans.ie<\/a>. In Australia, the crisis support service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeline.org.au\/\">Lifeline<\/a> is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.befrienders.org\/\">befrienders.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/feb\/21\/nfl-receiver-ronald-moore-dies-at-age-of-25-purdue-arizona-cardinals\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former coach says player was \u2018complete joy\u2019 Teammates pay tribute after Moore\u2019s death Former NFL wide receiver Rondale Moore died on Saturday at the age of 25, his former college coach, Jeff Brohm, has confirmed. \u201cRondale Moore was a complete joy to coach,\u201d Brohm, who coached Moore at Purdue, said in a statement. \u201cThe ultimate &#8230; <a title=\"NFL receiver Ronald Moore dies at age of 25: \u2018Way too soon. Way too special\u2019\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/nfl-receiver-ronald-moore-dies-at-age-of-25-way-too-soon-way-too-special\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about NFL receiver Ronald Moore dies at age of 25: \u2018Way too soon. Way too special\u2019\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}