Chiefs' Marquise Brown reveals receiving message from Rondale Moore hours before his death: 'Ain't no way'

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The NFL assemblage continues to mourn the decease of wide receiver Rondale Moore, who was recovered dormant astatine his Indiana location connected Saturday night, officials said. 

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Marquise "Hollywood" Brown was among those who couldn’t judge the news, and helium revealed helium had conscionable spoken with Moore not hours earlier helium was discovered with a suspected self-inflicted gunshot coiled successful a garage.

As tributes poured successful connected societal media for Moore, Brown said that helium received a connection from his chap receiver earlier connected Saturday. 

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Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Hollywood Brown (5) against the Buffalo Bills successful the AFC Championship crippled astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium.  (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images)

"Bro ain’t nary mode brotha you conscionable messaged maine [a] fewer hours ago," Brown wrote connected X. Brown posted different tweet saying, "You wasn’t unsocial bro... I told you I cognize however you feel."

Brown besides reposted tributes from different NFL players similar Raheem Mostert, Elijah Moore, Jamal Adams and others. 

He adjacent shared a substance thread that helium had with Moore, wherever helium shared words of encouragement aft the receiver suffered different season-ending injury. He had dealt with 1 successful 2024, and during the Minnesota Vikings’ archetypal preseason crippled of 2025, Moore tore his ACL connected Aug. 9, 2025. 

NFL WIDE RECEIVER RONDALE MOORE DEAD AT 25

"Praying for you brother," Brown wrote to Moore with a praying hands emoji, "sometimes successful beingness erstwhile worldly don’t spell arsenic planned arsenic frustrating arsenic it whitethorn beryllium person to ever retrieve God is successful control, his program volition ever prevail each we tin bash is spot him and ever retrieve idiosyncratic has it worse. I’m present if you ever request to speech bro I cognize however s--- consciousness it sucks dawg but knowing you, you built for this don’t springiness up [flexed limb emoji."

New Albany constabulary main Todd Bailey broke the quality that Moore was recovered successful a store with a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound. The decease remains nether investigation.

Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Rondale Moore (4) earlier the crippled against the Los Angeles Rams astatine SoFi Stadium connected Oct. 15, 2023.  (Kyle Terada/USA TODAY Sports)

Floyd County Coroner Matthew Tomlin besides confirmed Moore’s death. He said an autopsy would instrumentality spot connected Sunday. 

Moore entered the NFL arsenic an Arizona Cardinals prime successful the 2021 NFL Draft aft starring astatine Purdue. He played 3 seasons with the Cardinals earlier helium was traded to the Atlanta Falcons successful 2024. However, a season-ending wounded chopped his clip abbreviated successful Atlanta.

"Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with his family, friends, teammates, and everyone who loved him and had the privilege of knowing specified a peculiar person," the Cardinals said successful a statement.

He would articulation the Vikings earlier the commencement of past season, but that wounded successful August didn’t let him to get a changeable astatine making the roster for that season.

Chiefs receiver Hollywood Brown revealed Rondale Moore messaged him conscionable hours earlier his decease connected Saturday night. (GETTY)

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"I americium devastated by the quality of Rondale’s death. While Rondale had been a subordinate of the Vikings for a abbreviated time, helium was idiosyncratic we came to cognize good and attraction astir deeply," Vikings caput manager Kevin O’Connell said successful a statement. "He was a humble, soft-spoken, and respectful young antheral who was arrogant of his Indiana roots.

"As a player, helium was disciplined, dedicated and resilient contempt facing adversity aggregate times arsenic injuries sidelined him passim his career. We are each heartbroken by the information helium won’t proceed to unrecorded retired his NFL dream and we won’t each person a accidental to ticker him flourish."

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

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