‘LOVE OF MY LIFE’

NFL Star Dies at 35 After Agonizing Battle

The former NFL punter took a turn for the worse over the past few weeks.

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Former NFL punter Kasey Redfern has died aged 35 after a debilitating battle with cancer. The father of two, who made four appearances in NFL games and debuted with the Detroit Lions in 2017, was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor and CNS lymphoma in 2023. On his 35th birthday on September 26, his wife, Lauryl, shared that he had been transferred into hospice care after he took a turn for the worse over the past few weeks. “Happy 35th birthday to my man, the love of my life, Kase Face!” she wrote. Lauryl shared that he had experienced “falls, extreme decline in short term memory, random throwing up, and some other things” likely “due to cognitive decline caused by neurotoxicity from all of the treatments he’s had over the last 3.5 years.” She added: “‘We know that healing will take place regardless of the outcome, but if he makes it to Heaven soon, he will have it better than the rest of us.” Redfern signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2014 as an undrafted free agent from Wofford College and went on to spend time with six other NFL teams.