Korey Cunningham, a former captain of the Cincinnati football team and NFL player, died this week at 28 years old.
The person from Montevallo, Alabama played football for the Bearcats from 2013 to 2017. He started playing on the offensive line in his last two years. He was a team captain and received an award called All-AAC Second Team in 2017. He also played in a special football game after the regular season called the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl.
Cunningham got picked in the seventh round by the Arizona Cardinals back in 2018. He played in 31 games during his time in the NFL, spreading across five seasons with the Cardinals, New England Patriots, and New York Giants.
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In 2017, he finished school at UC and got a degree in health education, focusing on exercise fitness.
Here’s a message from Cincinnati Athletics and Bearcats Football:
The Cincinnati Athletics Department and football team are very sad to hear that Korey Cunningham has passed away. Korey was a team leader who worked really hard and had a great personality that everyone loved. We will miss him a lot, and we’re thinking of his family, friends, and teammates right now.
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