Ballentine, an upstart selection from Division II Washburn University (Kansas), was shot just hours after being taken by the New York Giants in Nashville. He was taken in the sixth-round with the No. 180 pick in the NFL Draft.
Hours later Ballentine and teammate Dwane Simmons were apparently shot outside a house party just blocks away from campus. Simmons later died of his injuries, and Ballentine was shot in the glutes, according to a report on ESPN.
Original reports indicated that Ballentine would join his new teammates at rookie mini-camp in East Rutherford this week.