One college football player was killed and another—drafted just hours earlier by the New York Giants— was injured early Sunday morning in Topeka, Kansas
Despite playing football at a low-profile Division II school, Ballentine was drafted by the NFL's New York Giants on Saturday night, the culmination of years of hard work on and off the field."I've been waiting on this opportunity for a lifetime really," he told Giants coach Pat Shurmur after hearing the news.But in a tragic turn just hours later, Ballentine was injured in an off-campus shooting in Topeka, Kansas, that killed one of his Washburn University teammates.
— Corey Ballentine🇯🇲 April 27, 2019 "It's all a crazy dream until you do it," he tweeted."I can't even explain the emotions I have right now. the people that told me to pick a more realistic career. This is as real as it gets. Thank you to the Giants organization for believing in me. It's only up from here. #GiantsPride."In a video posted to the Giants website, Ballentine told Shurmur how happy he was to join the NFL team.
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