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FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2012, file photo, former New York Jets player Dennis Byrd speaks during a halftime ceremony to retire his number during an NFL football game between the Jets and the Miami Dolphins in East Rutherford, N.J. The Nes have honored the late Dennis Byrd by voting to posthumously select the former defensive lineman as the winner of the team's award named after him. The Dennis Byrd Most Inspirational Award has been presented each year since 1992, with Byrd the first winner, to the most inspirational Jets player by a vote of his teammates. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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CORRECTS AGE TO 50 - FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, file photo, former New York Jets player Dennis Byrd speaks during a halftime ceremony to retire his number during the second half of an NFL football game between the Jets and the Miami Dolphins, in East Rutherford, N.J. Byrd, the former NFL defensive lineman whose career was ended by neck injury, was killed Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, in a car accident. He was 50. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Byrd, a former college player at Tulsa, was killed in a two-vehicle collision on Oklahoma 88, north of Claremore. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, file photo, former New York Jets player Dennis Byrd speaks during a halftime ceremony to retire his number during the second half of an NFL football game between the Jets and the Miami Dolphins, in East Rutherford, N.J. Byrd, the former NFL defensive lineman whose career was ended by neck injury, was killed Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, in a car accident. He was 51. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Byrd, a former college player at Tulsa, was killed in a two-vehicle collision on Oklahoma 88, north of Claremore. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
