{"id":82719,"date":"2022-09-30T11:43:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T11:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gavin-escobar-former-dallas-cowboys-tight-end-found-dead-after-apparent-rock-climbing-accident\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T11:43:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T11:43:03","slug":"gavin-escobar-former-dallas-cowboys-tight-end-found-dead-after-apparent-rock-climbing-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gavin-escobar-former-dallas-cowboys-tight-end-found-dead-after-apparent-rock-climbing-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Escobar: Former Dallas Cowboys tight end found dead after apparent rock climbing accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n         \u2014<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_F7740BE9-2C6E-1277-36B2-8DA2F122887D@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\">\n<p>      Former Dallas Cowboys tight end Gavin Escobar was one of two climbers who died after an apparent accident in California, officials announced on Wednesday.  Escobar was 31 years old.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_A0FE072A-8C7B-31D3-8E59-8DC2B10DDC4C@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\">\n<p>      Firefighters attempted to reach two injured rock climbers at Tahquitz Rock near Idyllwild in the San Bernardino National Forest, the Cal Fire and Riverside County Fire Department <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CALFIRERRU\/status\/1575237322802503680?s=20&amp;t=WA85-SU4G-noI53JZ4N8Jg\" target=\"_blank\">said on Twitter<\/a> on Wednesday.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_00539DE6-361E-DDE4-8412-8DC2B10E79DE@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\">\n<p>      Later in the day, the department said rescuers reached the location and that \u201cboth victims perished at the scene.\u201d  The Riverside sheriff&#8217;s coroner&#8217;s office identified the victims as Escobar and 33-year-old Chelsea Walsh.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_650CE574-16BC-ACFF-18B2-8DC2B10F74B2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\">\n<p>      Escobar was selected by the Cowboys with the 47th pick in the second round of the 2013 NFL draft.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_1B82581A-5170-F090-FB69-8DC2B110FB9C@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\">\n<p>      He played four years in Dallas before moving on to the Baltimore Ravens for one season.  He finished his NFL career with 30 receptions and eight touchdowns \u2013 all with the Cowboys.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_438BC106-F6B3-6D52-5BD4-8DC2B1113B9F@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\">\n<p>      The Cowboys posted a tribute on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dallascowboys\/status\/1575682896785907713\" target=\"_blank\">their Twitter page<\/a> late Thursday, remembering the tight end.\n  <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/image-8f694b4bca084dd1e0db193105c1e736@published\" class=\"image\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"02 Gavin Escobar file\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/220930013101-02-gavin-escobar-file.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=h_720,w_1280,c_fill\"><source media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/220930013101-02-gavin-escobar-file.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=h_540,w_960,c_fill\"><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/220930013101-02-gavin-escobar-file.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=h_270,w_480,c_fill\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_181A9BC7-1D1D-C122-9D60-8DC2B112D742@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\">\n<p>      Escobar last played in the NFL in 2018.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_E4E061B5-D756-DC87-C333-8DC2B113032F@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\">\n<p>      Earlier this year, Escobar began working as a firefighter for the Long Beach Fire Department (LBFD).\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_A05776AD-123F-DA6D-646C-8DC2B1142E86@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\">\n<p>      In a post on Facebook, the LBFD said: \u201cIt is with deep sadness that we announce the off-duty death of Long Beach Firefighter Gavin Escobar.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_66C71B12-76EB-4F23-A6F5-8DC2B11527B3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\">\n<p>      The LBFD said he leaves behind a wife and two young children.\n  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u2014 Former Dallas Cowboys tight end Gavin Escobar was one of two climbers who died after an apparent accident in California, officials announced on Wednesday. Escobar was 31 years old. Firefighters attempted to reach two injured rock climbers at Tahquitz Rock near Idyllwild in the San Bernardino National Forest, the Cal Fire and Riverside &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gavin-escobar-former-dallas-cowboys-tight-end-found-dead-after-apparent-rock-climbing-accident\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gavin Escobar: Former Dallas Cowboys tight end found dead after apparent rock climbing accident<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[17634,16045,4192,5141,8320,5140,17638,15683,3777,16635,12456,24770,12457,423,27663,1256,17,4130,27664,27665,16637],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":82388,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gavin-escobar-former-dallas-cowboys-tight-end-one-of-two-climbers-found-dead\/","url_meta":{"origin":82719,"position":0},"title":"Gavin Escobar, former Dallas Cowboys tight end, one of two climbers found dead","date":"September 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Former Dallas Cowboys tight end Gavin Escobar was found dead Wednesday in an apparent rock climbing accident near Idyllwild, California. 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