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 home town 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 retired from the NFL in 2014.
“Please keep Jordan, his wife and sons in your prayers,” his father Bob wrote on Facebook. “He has several surgeries to go through and the biggest threats at this point seem to be infections and pneumonia.”
Shipley has been involved in Longhorns television broadcasts since his playing retirement and has worked alongside his father and brother Jaxon, who also had a brief NFL career, in Texas real estate.
