{"id":23181,"date":"2026-04-13T13:59:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=23181"},"modified":"2026-04-13T13:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:59:59","slug":"former-nfl-player-chris-payton-jones-dies-at-30-in-horrific-car-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=23181","title":{"rendered":"Former NFL player Chris Payton-Jones dies at 30 in horrific car crash!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"232\">Former NFL defensive back <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Chris Payton-Jones<\/span><\/span> has died at 30 following a head-on car crash in Alachua County, Florida. He was the only fatality, while passengers in the other vehicle survived with minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"234\" data-end=\"488\">Payton-Jones, a former Nebraska standout, went undrafted in 2018 but built a career across the NFL, playing for teams like the Lions, Cardinals, Titans, Vikings, and Raiders, as well as later competing in the XFL and UFL with the St. Louis Battlehawks.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"490\" data-end=\"771\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Known for his perseverance and positive attitude, he was widely praised by coaches and teammates as a hardworking and uplifting presence. In recent years, he also focused on media and community work through his sports content platform, earning strong respect off the field as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NFL defensive back Chris Payton-Jones has died at 30 following a head-on car crash in Alachua County, Florida. He was the only fatality, while passengers in the other vehicle survived with minor injuries. Payton-Jones, a former Nebraska standout, went undrafted in 2018 but built a career across the NFL, playing for teams like the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=23181\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Former NFL player Chris Payton-Jones dies at 30 in horrific car crash!&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23183,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23181\/revisions\/23183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}