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Louisiana native, NFL player Jaylon Ferguson died from fentanyl, cocaine

FILE -Baltimore Ravens rookie linebacker Jaylon Ferguson walks off the field after an NFL Football rookie camp, Saturday, May 4, 2019, in Owings Mills, Md. Ravens linebacker Jaylon Ferguson has died at age 26, his agent confirmed Wednesday, June 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Gail Burton, File)

BALTIMORE, Md. (BRPROUD)— Jaylon Ferguson, linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens and native of West Feliciana, died from ‘combined effects of fentanyl and cocaine,’ according to a spokesperson for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner who spoke with The Baltimore Sun.

Ferguson, who was entering his fourth season in the NFL, was found unresponsive in his Baltimore home on June 22.

Services for Ferguson will be held at the Magnolia Full Gospel Baptist Church in St. Francisville on July 2 at 10 a.m.