the Independence High School football team in Thompsons Station, Tennessee Personal life Darryl Hammond died from Lou Gehrig's disease on February 19, 2017. He had a wife, Robin, and three children: two daughters, Darryn and Sydney, and a son, Todd. References 1967 births 2017 deaths People from Tappahannock, Virginia Players of American football from Virginia American football linebackers American football wide receivers Virginia Cavaliers football players New Orleans Saints players New York Jets players Albany Firebirds players St. Louis Stampede players Nashville Kats players Georgia Force players Austin Wranglers players Neurological disease deaths in Tennessee Deaths from motor neuron disease