Ex-NFL player Keion Carpenter -- who played for the Bills and Falcons -- died Thursday morning after collapsing during a workout earlier this week ... a family spokesperson confirmed.
39-year-old Carpenter -- a standout player at Virginia Tech in the late '90s -- was working out on a family vacation when he collapsed and fell into a coma.
The family issued a statement moments ago confirming his death.
"It is with regret that we as a family announce that at 6:47 am Keion Eric Carpentar was pronounced dead , at Jackson South Community Hospital in Miami, Florida.