Raiders Draft Wide Receiver Jack Bech, Whose Brother Was Killed In New Orleans Terror Attack

The Las Vegas Raiders again passed connected Shedeur Sanders successful nan 2nd round, but it turned into an affectional infinitesimal for different NFL Draft prospect.

With nan 58th selection, nan Raiders landed TCU wide receiver Jack Bech, who was named nan Senior Bowl MVP aft his game-winning touchdown.

That magical infinitesimal came 1 period to nan time aft his relative Tiger was killed successful nan New Orleans panic attack.

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Jack Bech of TCU during Senior Bowl believe astatine Hancock Whitney Stadium Jan. 29, 2025, successful Mobile, Ala. (Derick E. Hingle/Getty Images)

Tiger, who played assemblage shot astatine Princeton, was 1 of nan 14 victims killed successful nan early hours of New Year's Day connected Bourbon Street. 

The New Orleans autochthonal played for Princeton from 2016-2018 and was an All-Ivy League footwear returner. During his three-year career, he caught 53 passes for 825 yards pinch 3 touchdowns. He graduated from nan assemblage successful 2021 and pursued a profession successful finance. 

He was moving arsenic a stockbroker successful New York City but traveled location to Louisiana for nan holidays. 

Princeton postgraduate and shot subordinate Tiger Bech pictured alongside family.  (Fox News)

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Jack scored nan walk-off touchdown successful nan Senior Bowl arsenic clip expired.

"My relative has immoderate wings connected me. He gave them to me, and he fto that each return place. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Tiger, thing other but them. They're nan logic I did what I did today. I property it each to them," Jack said aft nan game.

"It's been surreal conscionable to beryllium capable to travel and beryllium successful this game. It's a extremity you group for yourself. But if I had nan action if I came here, had nan worst week ever, ruin my draught stock, but that intends I could hug my relative correct now, I would return that. 

"But, connected nan flip broadside of that, I don't deliberation I could person had nan week that I had if each that wouldn't person happened. His wings were connected my side. Him and Jesus Christ are nan reasons I was capable to do each of this."

After he was selected, cameras caught Jack sharing affectional embraces pinch his family.

Former Princeton shot subordinate Tiger Bech, 27, was killed successful nan Bourbon Street attack. (2018 Beverly Schaefer via Princeton Atheltics)

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"All nan large relative does successful life is want to spot his small relative succeed. He's been my domiciled exemplary my full life, nan personification I looked up to, nan personification I wanted to be. He was nan champion large relative I could ever inquire for. My full extremity successful nan remainder of my life is to unrecorded his bequest on."

Jack caught 62 passes for 1,034 yards, 9 of which were touchdowns, for TCU past season. He joins Jakobi Meyers and Tre Tucker, pinch chap rookie Ashton Jeanty successful nan backfield.

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