A Washburn University (Kansas) football player was killed and Giants sixth-round draft pick Corey Ballentine was injured in a Saturday night shooting in Topeka, according to Washburn.
Dwane Simmons, 23, was killed in the shooting, according to WIBW in Kansas.
Ballentine is expected to make a full recovery, the Division II school said in a statement.
More information on the shooting was not immediately available.
“Both Dwane and Corey have been great examples and representatives of the football team and of Washburn University in general,” the school said in a statement. “This was a terrible way to end a day which should have been a day of celebration and a day to look forward to Dwane’s upcoming year at Washburn and the beginning of Corey’s professional career.