Former Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Barry Wilburn was killed in a house fire early Friday morning in Tennessee.
He was 62.
Action News 5 reported that the Memphis Fire Department responded to the fire on Douglas Avenue in Orange Mound at 2 a.m. The outlet said Wilburn was found unresponsive in a rear hallway and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Wilburn was a native of Orange Mound, and he played collegiately at Ole Miss. Washington selected him in the eighth round, 219th-overall, of the 1985 NFL Draft. Wilburn played for the team through the 1989 season, helping win Super Bowl XXII, 42-10, over Denver.
He had two interceptions in the big game.
He also hold Washington’s record for longest interception return in a game after taking a pick back 100 yards for a score against the Minnesota Vikings in 1987.
Wilburn did have some adversity in his career.
He fell out of the league for a stretch after a positive drug test in 1989, but he returned in 1992 with the Cleveland Browns. He spent the 1993 and 1994 seasons in the Canadian Football League with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and BC Lions respectively.
Wilburn also helped BC win the 1994 Grey Cup.
He returned to the NFL with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1994 and then spent his final two years in the league with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1995 and 1996.
Wilburn closed out his career with another run in the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1999.
Wilburn led the NFL in interception with nine in 1987 and was a first-team All-Pro. He finished his career with 246 tackles, 20 interceptions and that one touchdown scored.