The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that former NFL quarterback Ryan Mallett died Tuesday after he reportedly drowned at a beach in Destin, Florida.
The OCSO is investigating the drowning after first responders were called to the beach behind the 700 block of Gulf Shore Drive in Destin around 2:12 p.m.
A group of people in the water near a sandbar struggled to make their way back to shore, according an OCSO report.
Mallett went under and lifeguards say he was not breathing when he was pulled out. Lifesaving measures were immediately undertaken but he was pronounced dead at the Destin Emergency Room.