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Former NFL and Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett has drowned and was pronounced dead Tuesday at a hospital in Florida. Mallett was 35.

“The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an apparent drowning that claimed the life of a tourist inthe Gulf of Mexico this afternoon. First responders were called to the beach behind 775 Gulf Shore Drive in Destin around 2:12 p.m. A group of people in the water near the second sandbar had reportedly been struggling to make their way back to shore,” the Okaloosa County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office said in a statement to USA TODAY Sports. “One of the individuals, an adult male, went under and lifeguards say he was not breathing when pulled out. Lifesaving measures were immediately undertaken but the man was pronounced deceased at the Destin Emergency Room. We do not have confirmation at this time of next of kin notification.”



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