{"id":10665,"date":"2024-10-12T21:40:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T21:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=10665"},"modified":"2024-10-12T21:40:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T21:40:48","slug":"north-carolina-wide-receiver-tragically-dies-at-just-23-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=10665","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina Wide Receiver Tragically Dies At Just 23-Years-Old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, North Carlina announced that wide receiver Tylee Craft tragically passed away after a long battle with a rare form of lung cancer that was originally diagnosed in March of 2022.<\/p>\n<p><em>It is with love and fond memories that we announce Tylee Craft has begun his journey on the other side,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>UNC wrote on social media.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTylee meant so much to so many and affected us in ways we\u2019ll always be thankful for. He was 1-of-1 and, while he won\u2019t be with us in body, he\u2019ll be watching over us with his endearing smile and endless positivity. \u201c<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOn behalf of his family and our program, we sincerely thank everyone who supported Tylee during his battle with cancer. It means more than you know.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1728769177093930036=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It is with love and fond memories that we announce Tylee Craft has begun his journey on the other side.<\/p>\n<p>Tylee meant so much to so many and affected us in ways we\u2019ll always be thankful for. He was 1-of-1 and, while he won\u2019t be with us in body, he\u2019ll be watching over us with his\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It is with love and fond memories that we announce Tylee Craft has begun his journey on the other side.<\/p>\n<p>Tylee meant so much to so many and affected us in ways we\u2019ll always be thankful for. He was 1-of-1 and, while he won\u2019t be with us in body, he\u2019ll be watching over us with his\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UutVS5QSKk\">pic.twitter.com\/UutVS5QSKk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carolina Football (@UNCFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNCFootball\/status\/1845193547646959770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His teammate and fellow wide receiver J.J. Jones wore No. 13, which belonged to Craft, in the Tar Heels game against Georgie Tech.<\/p>\n<section class=\"wp-block-group check-this-out has-xs-padding-top has-sm-padding-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Check This Out\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex has-xl-margin-bottom\">\n<p>While wearing the jersey, he scored a touchdown in the first half, which made for a touching and thoughtful moment.<\/p>\n<p>The game was also dedicated to Craft as it was UNC\u2019s cancer awareness game.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-tylee-craft-was-truly-a-great-athlete\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tylee Craft Was Truly A Great Athlete<\/h2>\n<p>The sad news means it is now time to honor Craft and the many accomplishments he made in his life on and off the field.<\/p>\n<p>Coming out of high school, he was the 60th-ranked wide receiver in the nation, according to ESPN, and he had a bright future ahead of him.<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-3\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<p>He appeared in 11 games between his freshman and sophomore seasons but would unfortunately miss all of 2022 and 2023 because of his battle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goheels.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/tylee-craft\/25554\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In 2022, he was named the Disney Spiti Award winne<\/a>r and named to the Uplifting Rare Disease Champion Team.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; On Saturday, North Carlina announced that wide receiver Tylee Craft tragically passed away after a long battle with a rare form of lung cancer that was originally diagnosed &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10667,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10665\/revisions\/10667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}