Kyren Lacy's agent calls out NFL, Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office after death of former LSU WR

Alliance Sports’ Rocky Arceneaux, the agent of the late former LSU receiver Kyren Lacy, criticized the NFL and the Lafourche parish Sheriff’s Office in a scathing letter released Friday by ESPN insider Adam Schefter. Lacy, a potential NFL Draft pick next week, committed suicide April 12 after being involved in a car chase with Houston-area police.

Prior to his death, the 24-year-old Lacy was facing a grand jury summons on Monday in Baton Rouge on charges of negligent homicide and felony hit-and-run stemming from a fatal crash on Dec. 17, 2024. That incident resulted in the death of 78-year-old former U.S. Marine, Herman Hall.

“As stated by Kyren’s attorney, we expected all charges to have been dropped at his hearing this past Monday. Kyren was heartbroken by the tragic loss of Mr. Hall. He was willing to adhere to any civil matters, regardless of the Grand Jury’s decision. That aside, the system failed us, and we are now mourning the loss of two lives,” Arceneaux wrote.

“To the NFL, shame on you for revoking Kyren’s Combine invitation without acknowledgement or consideration of the facts. I urge you to re-evaluate your processes and provide athletes with the necessary due process before alienating them from their peers and dreams they’ve worked so hard for. Shame on the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s office for being more concerned about public perception — and the pressure to charge someone — than actually investigating the facts.” Check out Arceneaux’s full statement below:

Kyren Lacy’s death ruled apparent suicide during car chase

According to a Harrison County Sheriff’s report released Sunday and obtained by ESPN, Lacy was being pursued by authorities at the time of his death. The chase occurred late Saturday night and ended with Lacy’s vehicle crashing.

When officers approached the vehicle to remove Lacy from the car, they found he had already died in an apparent suicide by gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency responders.

Officers had been initially dispatched when a female family member reported a verbal altercation with Lacy that ended with Lacy firing a gun into the ground. Lacy then fled in his car, with police later picking up pursuit.

Disturbing details of fatal wreck involving Kyren Lacy

Prior to his death, Lacy was reportedly cooperating with police. He was out on bond after paying a $151,000 bail following his Jan. 12 arrest, according to a report from WAFB.

According to the initial police report of the Dec. 17 fatal wreck reviewed by WAFB, Lacy was driving a 2023 Dodge Charger on Louisiana Highway 20. Lacy “recklessly passed multiple vehicles at a high rate of speed by crossing the centerline and entering the northbound lane while in a designated No-Passing Zone.”

At that point, a northbound driver in a pickup truck abruptly hit the breaks and swerved to avoid a head-on collision with Lacy’s Dodge Charger. Then, a Kia Cadenza that was behind the pickup swerved left, crossing the centerline and hitting a southbound Kia Sorrento head-on, according to the police report via WAFB.

A passenger in the Kia Sorrento, Herman Hall of Thibodaux, was critically injured and later died at a local hospital, according to investigators. A grand jury was scheduled begin hearing evidence in the case on Monday.

— On3’s Thomas Goldkamp contributed to this report.