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Owners Shahid Khan
Arena/Stadium TIAA Bank Field
Head coach Doug Marrone
Locations Jacksonville, Florida, United States
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The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional football franchise based in Jacksonville, Florida. The Jaguars compete in the National Football League as a member club of the American Football Conference South division. The team plays its home games at TIAA Bank Field.

Former NFL player Chris Smith dies at 31

Feb 16,2020 7:52 am

Former NFL star Chris Smith has died, his agent . 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.

Tony Khan , son of Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan , as a " great teammate and friend".

" He suffered a tragic loss, " he wrote on Twitter. " I hope they are reunited in Heaven. "

Smith spent Three Seasons with The Jaguars before going on to play for the Cincinnati Bengals and the Cleveland Browns . But before he joined the NFL, he was a hometown hero and star of his North Carolina High School football team, according to a local newspaper.

" He had been the ultimate give-back guy and had been a generous donor to local schools and projects, " the Salisbury Post wrote in.

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Source of news: bbc.com

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