In 2025, a former Princeton football player was killed in a truck attack during a carousel in New Orleans early Wednesday morning.
Tiger Beck, an All-Ivy League kick returner who played at Princeton from 2016 to 2018, was one of at least 10 people killed in the Bourbon Street attack, according to multiple reports and reports. . Post from my brother Jack.
He was 27 years old.
“Love you always bro! You inspired me every day and now you can be with me every moment. I got the family T, don't worry. This is for us,” TCU wide receiver Jack wrote in a post to X.
Beck was just weeks away from his 28th birthday when he was hit by a truck allegedly driven by 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar, who was identified as the suspect. Kim Broussard, the athletic director at St. Thomas More Catholic High School, where Beck suffered internal bleeding, said: told NOLA.com.
The former Princeton football player was taken to a local New Orleans hospital and placed on life support until his family arrived, the newspaper said.
Beck, a native of Lafayette, Louisiana, worked as a stockbroker in New York after graduating from Princeton University in 2021 with a degree in finance, but was in New Orleans on vacation, according to ESPN.
“He was just beginning to find success in the business world.'' Princeton coach Bob Soules told ESPN. In an interview after the tragedy. “There were a couple of times we had a career night, and I could call him on the same day and he would come out and share his experience as a young professional with me. We shared it with our team.”
Beck had 53 catches for 825 yards and three touchdowns. During his three seasons with the Tigers..
Jabbar, an American from Texas, crashed into a crane parked on the road and died in a gunfight with police responding to the massacre.
The FBI said multiple IEDs were found at the scene of the attack and that it “does not believe Mr. Jabbar was solely responsible” for what happened.
The Sugar Bowl, scheduled for Wednesday in New Orleans, was postponed to Thursday.
