{"id":768798,"date":"2026-02-22T11:38:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T11:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/768798\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T11:38:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T11:38:39","slug":"nfl-wide-receiver-rondale-moore-found-dead-at-25-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/768798\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL wide receiver Rondale Moore found dead at 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NFL wide receiver Rondale Moore, who played most recently for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/08\/19\/sport\/video\/vikings-face-backlash-after-two-male-cheerleaders-join-team-vrtc?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Minnesota Vikings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Minnesota Vikings<\/a>, was found dead Saturday night in Indiana, authorities said. He was 25.<\/p>\n<p>Floyd County Coroner Matthew Tomlin did not share additional details on the circumstances of Moore\u2019s death but said there was no threat to the public and an autopsy would be conducted Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Moore, a receiver and return specialist drafted in the second round out of Purdue University, spent his first three years in the NFL with the Arizona Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024 he dislocated his right knee during training camp with the Atlanta Falcons, and he never played for them.<\/p>\n<p>Moore attempted to make a comeback with Minnesota in 2025 but was injured while returning a punt in the first exhibition game.<\/p>\n<p>University of Louisville head coach Jeff Brohm, who coached Moore at Purdue, called him an \u201cultimate competitor who wouldn\u2019t back down\u201d from a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all loved Rondale; we loved his smile and his competitive edge that always wanted to please everyone he came in contact with,\u201d Brohm <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JeffBrohm\/status\/2025385271273951328\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:said;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/account\/register?source=external-feeds_iluminar&amp;cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo&amp;registration_email_campaign=https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:CNN.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">CNN.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFL wide receiver Rondale Moore, who played most recently for the Minnesota Vikings, was found dead Saturday night&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":768367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[390,254,256,7,8169,259,6,9067,8266,1473],"class_list":["post-768798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-football","tag-jeff-brohm","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-nfl","tag-purdue-university","tag-rondale-moore","tag-wide-receiver"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116114089769338391","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=768798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/768367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=768798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=768798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}