Brandon Joyce

[gilthethrill]

<!-- /jumpto --><!-- bodycontent -->I seem to recall Brandon being a member of the PR a few years back. Very sad news to say the least. Anyone else recall this young man?


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Offensive tackle (http://www.argofans.com/wiki/Offensive_tackle)





Date of birth: September 5, 1984(1984-09-05)



Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri



Date of death: December 28, 2010(2010-12-28) (aged 26)



Place of death: St. Charles, Missouri



Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)

Weight: 317 lb (144 kg)State





College (http://www.argofans.com/wiki/College_football): Illinois (http://www.argofans.com/wiki/Illinois_State_Redbirds_football)



Debuted in 2008 for the Toronto Argonauts (http://www.argofans.com/wiki/Toronto_Argonauts)
















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Roster status: Active







UFL (http://www.argofans.com/wiki/United_Football_League_(2009)) champion (2009 (http://www.argofans.com/wiki/2009_UFL_Championship_Game))





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Brandon Joyce (September 5, 1984 – December 28, 2010) was a gridiron football (http://www.argofans.com/wiki/Gridiron_football) offensive tackle (http://www.argofans.com/wiki/Offensive_tackle). He was the son of former NFL punter (http://www.argofans.com/wiki/Punter_(American_football)) Terry Joyce (http://www.argofans.com/wiki/Terry_Joyce).
Brandon Joyce was signed by the Minnesota Vikings (http://www.argofans.com/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings) as an undrafted free agent (http://www.argofans.com/wiki/Undrafted_free_agent) in 2008. He played college football (http://www.argofans.com/wiki/College_football) at Illinois State (http://www.argofans.com/wiki/Illinois_State_Redbirds_football). Joyce had also been a member of the Toronto Argonauts (http://www.argofans.com/wiki/Toronto_Argonauts), Las Vegas Locomotives (http://www.argofans.com/wiki/Las_Vegas_Locomotives) and St. Louis Rams (http://www.argofans.com/wiki/St._Louis_Rams). Joyce was shot during a robbery on December 24, 2010 and died in St. Charles (http://www.argofans.com/wiki/St._Charles,_Missouri), Missouri (http://www.argofans.com/wiki/Missouri), at age 26, after several days on a life support machine.[1] (http://www.argofans.com/#cite_note-0)

[ArgoGabe22]

Sad news indeed but I don't ever remember him as an Argo.

[Will]

I do see his name listed on a transaction from 2008, but don't remember him either. Still a sad story, RIP.

[ArgoRavi]

At the time of the coaching change in mid-season of '08, there was a lot of player movement and Joyce was one of many players brought in for a look on the PR. I am pretty sure that he never played a game though.