Former NFL linebacker Geno Hayes passed away at the age of 33 on Monday. Hayes had been suffering from chronic liver disease for two years and was placed into hospice care last week.
Hayes had been on the waiting list for a liver transplant at the Mayo Clinic and Northwestern Medicine and spoke with ESPN about the news in December.
The linebacker spent time with a number of teams after going in the sixth round of the 2008 draft out of Florida State, including the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2008-11), Chicago Bears (2012), and Jacksonville Jaguars (2013-14).