Former NFL star Chris Smith has died, his agent announced on Twitter. He was 31.
Smith, who was a former defensive lineman for the Cleveland Browns, spent eight years in the NFL and played for multiple teams including the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Cincinnati Bengals and the Las Vegas Raiders.
His cause of death was not immediately known.
On social media, tributes poured in for the former player.
"Chris was one of the kindest people, teammates and friends we've had in our organization," the Browns team wrote on Twitter.
Smith began his NFL career in 2014 when he was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars as a defensive lineman.
But his personal life was marred by tragedy.
In 2019, his girlfriend Petara Cordero was killed in a car accident just weeks after giving birth to their child.
