'Phone starts ringing at 4 a.m., it's basically your biggest nightmare as a head coach,' O'Connell said.
Kevin O'Connell knew it was bad news when his phone rang in the middle of the night on the night that rookie cornerback Khyree Jackson and two of his former high school football teammates were killed in a crash in Maryland.
Jackson died in an overnight crash in his hometown of Upper Marlboro, Maryland. He was a passenger in a Dodge Charger that police say was struck by a another driver. Jackson was pronounced dead at the scene, as was 23-year-old Anthony Hytton. Isaiah Hazel, 23, also died in the crash.
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