NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee Titans cornerback Adoree' Jackson and his business partner James Moore paid for the burial expenses of Jaylon McKenzie this past weekend, a source close to Jackson's family said.
McKenzie was a promising eighth-grade football player at Mason-Clark Middle School in East Saint Louis, Illinois; he was killed by a stray bullet while leaving a party on May 5.
McKenzie was also featured in Sports Illustrated and said Jackson, a fellow Belleville native, was someone whose path he wanted to follow to the NFL.
Despite his young age, McKenzie was already receiving college scholarship offers, one of which was from the University of Illinois.