But Ballentine thinks about losing his best friend Dwane Simmons “every day,” and he plans to honor him by living out their shared NFL dream.
The young Ballentine was remarkably impressive and mature on Sunday while conducting his first interview on the most painful topic of his life: that fatal April 28 shooting in Topeka, Kan., that killed Simmons, 23, and wounded Ballentine.
That fateful April early morning, investigators said the Washburn defensive backs were outside an off-campus house party just hours after the Giants had drafted Ballentine in the sixth round of the 2019 NFL Draft when someone opened fire from a vehicle.