LSU coach Brian Kelly remembers Kyren Lacy as 'bright star'

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It is simply a "difficult time" of "grieving, shock, and disbelief" successful the LSU locker country this week, caput manager Brian Kelly said connected Tuesday arsenic the Tigers mourn the nonaccomplishment of wide receiver Kyren Lacy.

Lacy, who was apt acceptable to beryllium an NFL Draft enactment aboriginal this month, was recovered dormant with a "self-inflicted gunshot wound" aft a constabulary pursuit successful Texas connected Saturday night, authorities said. He was 24.

Kelly told reporters connected Tuesday aft the team's outpouring signifier that they person brought successful the university's nonrecreational counseling squad to assistance those successful the locker country who request it.

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LSU Tigers caput manager Brian Kelly talks with LSU Tigers wide receiver Kyren Lacy earlier a crippled against the Florida Gators astatine Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. (Matt Pendleton-Imagn Images)

"Certainly, I deliberation everybody connected our squad has, successful immoderate way, had a narration astatine antithetic levels with Kyren. Everybody's gonna woody with it differently. First, knowing that there's not 1 mode that you're expected to feel," Kelly said. "We thin heavy connected our nonrecreational counseling department. Having that assets present allows for them to question retired that one-on-one benignant of speech that immoderate whitethorn need. You privation to supply the accidental for your players to person those resources if successful information they bash request them."

Kelly spoke highly of his erstwhile receiver, whom helium called a "bright star."

"He had an unthinkable personality. I'll retrieve him arsenic idiosyncratic that had a emotion for the game, a emotion for being a Tiger, and was a feline that played with large emotion. When you deliberation of Kyren, you're gonna grin astir of the clip due to the fact that of the mode helium handled himself. He was a feline afloat of energy, and I deliberation a batch of his teammates volition retrieve him that way, arsenic well."

LSU Tigers wide receiver Kyren Lacy scores a touchdown against the Oklahoma Sooners astatine Tiger Stadium successful Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Nov. 30, 2024. (Stephen Lew-Imagn Images)

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The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said deputies received a telephone astir a man, identified arsenic Lacy, who was arguing with a household subordinate erstwhile helium changeable a weapon into the ground, according to FOX 26 Houston. Officials learned Lacy had fled the country and launched a hunt aft him.

Officials said deputies tried to marque a postulation halt connected Lacy, but helium led them connected a car pursuit that went connected for miles. Lacy past crashed his conveyance successful Spring, according to authorities.

Responding deputies removed Lacy from the conveyance to instrumentality him into custody, but helium was recovered with a "self-inflicted gunshot wound" and was pronounced dormant astatine the scene, the sheriff’s bureau said.

The wide receiver was nether probe successful Louisiana successful transportation with a clang successful December that near a 78-year-old antheral dead, officials said successful January. 

LSU Tigers wide receiver Kyren Lacy had his champion play successful 2024 erstwhile helium had 58 catches for 866 yards and 9 touchdowns. (Stephen Lew-Imagn Images)

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Lacy transferred to LSU successful 2022. He had his champion play successful 2024 erstwhile helium had 58 catches for 866 yards and 9 touchdowns.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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