Vigil held for former NFL player from South Florida who died in motorcycle crash

LAUDERDALE LAKES, Fla. – A vigil used to be held in Lauderdale Lakes Wednesday evening for 28-year-old Alex Collins, a former NFL operating again who used to be killed in a motorcycle coincidence over the weekend.

Family and buddies accumulated on the nook of Oakland Park Boulevard and Northwest thirty third Street the place the crash came about to mild candles and proportion reminiscences of the South Florida local.

Collins used to be a celeb at South Plantation High School and easiest identified for being one of the crucial best operating backs in the rustic. He additionally performed basketball and lacrosse for the Paladins prior to enjoying school soccer. Collins then went to the NFL to play for the Seattle Seahawks and Baltimore Ravens.

But Steven McBride, who stated he used to be Collins’ first trainer for an optimist soccer league, stated the standout athlete used to be a renaissance guy who beloved horses, artwork and track.

“One day he told me out of the blue he could play the piano, and I said, ‘no way.’ And I challenged him,” McBride stated. “And he went into the room and just played them naturally like he’s been playing his whole life.”