Ravens cornerback Tray Walker dies of injuries sustained in motorbike accident

Baltimore Ravens cornerback Tray Walker died on Friday from injuries sustained in a motorbike accident on Thursday night, according to his agent. He was 23 years old.

Walker, a fourth-round draft pick out of Texas Southern in 2015, suffered significant head injuries when his dirt bike collided with an SUV just before 8 p.m. The accident happened not far from where Walker went to high school at Miami Northwestern.

Walker was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami and he spent much of the night in surgery, his Miami-based agent Ronald Butler said.

Butler said Friday morning that Walker was fighting for his life.

The accident remains under investigation.

According to Detective Dan Ferrin, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Police Department, Walker was driving his dirt bike west on Northwest 75th Street when he collided at an intersection with a Ford Escape traveling south on Northwest 21st Avenue. Police said Walker was not wearing a helmet.

Walker’s dirt bike did not have headlights, Ferrin said.

Detective Alvaro Zabaleta said Friday that Walker was also “wearing dark clothing, which may have been a factor.”

Walker played in eight games with the Ravens as a rookie, making one tackle and seeing most of his action on special teams. He had dedicated his first NFL season to his father, Tommy Lee Walker, who passed away from a heart attack in November 2014. Tommy Lee Walker was 53 years old.

The day after his son was drafted by the Ravens last year, Tommy Lee Walker’s ashes were sprinkled off the waters of Miami.

He became the first Texas Southern player to be drafted since wide receiver Joey Jamison was taken by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round in 2000. He was the highest draft pick for the school since center Joe Burch was a third-round pick by the New England Patriots in 1994.