
Mallett was the head football coach for the White Hall High School Bulldogs in White Hall, Arkansas, where he also taught physical education and health, according to the district’s website.

“Praying for the Mallett family and all their loved ones tonight.” Thank you for everything Ryan,” Brady wrote on Instagram. NFL star Tom Brady shared online a photo of himself and former teammate Mallett on the field. “Our thoughts are with the Mallett family, his former teammates and all who are mourning his loss.” “The New England Patriots are deeply saddened to learn of the sudden and unexpected passing of former quarterback Ryan Mallett,” the team said on Twitter. He played in 21 games, went 3-5 as a starter, and compiled 1,835 passing yards, nine touchdown passes and 10 interceptions, the NFL said. He spent seven years in the NFL with the Patriots, Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens. Mallett was a star with the Arkansas Razorbacks before he was drafted in 2011 in the third round by the New England Patriots, the NFL said. ‘We lost a great man’ in Mallett, Brady says They were the third-leading cause of weather fatalities from 2013 to 2023, data shows, killing on average more people than lightning, tornadoes or hurricanes. The 10-year average for US rip current fatalities is 71, weather service data shows. While it won’t pull someone underwater, a rip current can pull even the strongest swimmer away from the beach beyond breaking waves. Mallett’s death “seems to be just a tragic accident and not something to do with the conditions of the surf or tides or currents,” Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden said.Ĭasualties this month tied to rip currents have been recorded between Fort Morgan, Alabama, and Panama City Beach, Florida – a zone that includes Destin.Ī rip current is “a relatively small-scale surf-zone current” that forms as waves disperse across the beach, trapping water between the beach and a sandbar or other feature so it “converges into a narrow, river-like channel moving away from the shore at high speed,” according to the National Weather Service. Yellow flags indicating “a medium hazard, moderate surf and/or currents” flew Tuesday along Destin beaches, though “there were no rip currents present in the area in which we responded to Ryan Mallett,” the Destin Fire Control District said Wednesday in a statement. An alert early Tuesday predicted: “Southwest to west winds today will create a high risk of rip currents along Panhandle beaches,” according to the National Weather Service office in Tallahassee’s forecast update. WJHGġ1 people have died in rip currents in less than two weeks along Gulf CoastĪuthorities have been warning beachgoers as rip currents have claimed at least 11 lives in two weeks along the Gulf Coast. The Panama City beachline is seen on June 27, 2023.
