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Ex-Louisville teammate of Lamar Jackson dies at 27

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports
By Steve DelVecchio | Last updated Apr 8, 2025 3:42 PM ET

A former college football player who was teammates with Lamar Jackson at Louisville has died.

The Louisville football program announced on Monday that former linebacker P.J. Blue has died. He was 27.

“We are saddened by the passing of Cardinal Forever P.J. Blue,” a post on the Louisville football team’s social media accounts read. “Our thoughts are with his loved ones.”

We are saddened by the passing of Cardinal Forever P.J. Blue.

Our thoughts are with his loved ones. pic.twitter.com/SNrSrgP2k1
— Louisville Football (@LouisvilleFB) April 7, 2025

No cause of death had been given as of Tuesday.

Blue committed to Louisville in 2016. The former 3-star prospect took a redshirt year as a freshman and then missed all of 2017 after he suffered a torn ACL. Blue finally got onto the field in 2018 and recorded 39 tackles in 11 games, but he missed the entire 2019 season with another knee injury.

Jackson played at Louisville from 2015-2017, so he was teammates with Blue for two seasons.

Blue, an Alabama native, was a star at Park Crossing High School in Montgomery prior to enrolling at Louisville. He had offers from Alabama and Clemson, among other schools.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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