Back to the Indiana Hoosiers Newsfeed

Former Indiana Wide Receiver and NFL player James Hardy III found dead at 31

James Hardy III was identified on Thursday morning after a body was pulled from the Maumee River in Fort Wayne, Indiana on Wednesday according to Fort Wayne’s NBC.

According to the report, a plant worker nearby smelled an awful odor coming from the dam nearby and it was later discovered that a body was trapped in the log jam. There is no preliminary reason for the cause of death to James Hardy III.

Fort Wayne NBC reports that Hardy III is the third body recovered in Fort Wayne in the past few weeks. James Hardy III died at the age of 31.