14-year-old Jaylon McKenzie, who was shot and killed at a party on Saturday, was a rising football star who already had plans of going to the NFL
The 14-year-old from Belleville, Illinois, was an eighth-grader who already had college offers from University of Missouri and University of Illinois. He was featured in the Future Issue of Sports Illustrated in November 2018 along with five other teen sports stars. He wanted to be a pro star in California, playing for either the Los Angeles Rams or Chargers. Jaylon McKenzie, a 14-year-old rising football star from Belleville, IL, was shot and killed on Saturday night.
"I just prayed and asked the Lord not to take my baby."Gunner said she and the family are having a hard time coming to terms with Jaylon's death. "It's very hard," she said."It's still like a bad dream, like I'm gonna wake up in the morning and my baby's gonna be smiling at me asking for something to eat like he always does." Jaylon's first word was 'ball,' mother saysJaylon was the youngest of five children, Gunner said.
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