Lower than every week after Kyren Lacy, the previous LSU standout and 2025 NFL Draft prospect, died of an obvious suicide whereas being pursued by authorities, the late large receiver’s agent, Rocky Arceneaux, criticized the NFL for prematurely judging his consumer and intensifying the stress the 24-year-old Lacy felt within the lead-up to his dying.

Lacy’s dying got here two days earlier than he was set to look earlier than a Houston grand jury and face legal expenses stemming from a December 2024 Louisiana automotive crash, by which his alleged rushing led to a deadly collision. Harris County authorities stated that Lacy was concerned in a household argument on the day of his dying, allegedly discharging a weapon earlier than fleeing the scene, then fleeing authorities earlier than he crashed with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Previous to all this, Lacy was not invited to the 2025 NFL Scouting Mix, the league’s annual showcase of high draft prospects, as his authorized scenario unfolded. This, Arceneaux claimed Friday, was  shameful by the NFL.

“As said by [Kyren’s] legal professional, there was a excessive chance the felony cost of negligent murder would have been declined by a grand jury this previous Monday,” Arceneaux stated in his assertion. “Kyren was heartbroken by the tragic lack of [the fatal accident]. He was prepared to stick to any civil issues, whatever the grand jury’s determination. That apart, the system failed us, and we are actually mourning the lack of two lives.

“To the NFL, disgrace on you for revoking Kyren’s mix invitation with out acknowledgment or consideration of the details,” Arceneaux continued. “I urge you to re-evaluate your course of and supply athletes with the required due course of earlier than alienating them from their friends and desires they’ve labored so arduous for. Disgrace on the investigation company for being extra involved about public notion — and stress to cost somebody — than truly investigating the details. … [Kyren] ought to have had the possibility to succeed in [his] dream of enjoying within the NFL, in only a week’s time. It hurts that the stress, public notion, social media bullying — all with out having the details — have been an excessive amount of to bear.”