{"id":221625,"date":"2026-08-22T21:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T21:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/bills-tackle-ed-olivers-son-has-died-team-announces-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T21:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T21:15:20","slug":"bills-tackle-ed-olivers-son-has-died-team-announces-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/bills-tackle-ed-olivers-son-has-died-team-announces-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Bills tackle Ed Oliver\u2019s son has died, team announces &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> news Alerts<br \/>There are no new alerts at this time<br \/>The Buffalo Bills are mourning the death of defensive tackle Ed Oliver\u2019s 2-year-old son, the team announced Saturday.<br \/>\u201cOn behalf of the entire Buffalo Bills organization, we want to publicly express our condolences to Ed Oliver and his family on the devastating loss of his son. It\u2019s an unthinkable tragedy for any parent. We will continue to support Ed and his family as we all grieve this tragic loss,\u201d team general manager Brandon Beane said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalobills.com\/news\/statement-from-the-buffalo-bills-on-ed-oliver\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a> Saturday.<br \/>The team did not disclose the cause of death.<br \/>In June, however, authorities in Harris County, Texas, responded to a report of a toddler drowning at an address that, according to property records, matches the area where Oliver has a listed address.<br \/>Deputies responded to a report of a toddler found unresponsive in a swimming pool on the 500 block of Lago Trace Drive, the Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office said at the time.<br \/>\u201cThe toddler was transported to a local hospital, where they were pronounced deceased,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/edgonzalezhouston\/posts\/pfbid0iGcm8ZBNXFCEW2gKqstpqQg6G6Z4yUTuZX9JvaJ4dCZx2EAEQkb83DHLTFwLAvCcl?rdid=gX5eaOVsCpnboAZ6#\" target=\"_blank\">Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said at the time<\/a>, without identifying the victim.<br \/>NBC News has reached out to the Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office and Oliver\u2019s representatives for comment.<br \/>Oliver, 28, is from Houston, played college football for the Houston Cougars and is entering his eighth NFL season with the Bills.<br \/>Marlene Lenthang is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.<br \/>Christiana Corporon is an assignment editor at NBC News.<br \/>&copy;&nbsp;2026 NBCUniversal Media, LLC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxPZWxjWS01TWVId0ZEc1J6azFnUHZueTR1MlRGRWhEOGs2OFYyWGtVb2NRYU8zYTFGM1JjUmdvWHR5NXBWY2hETFVac0dUd0x3bnQ0akFhbHRPSWNzLWNVazc1T1lWb0VWYXNtSzkzMURSdkhkZEQ4OWV6MVZWUDd0enhseHhMX3hTRXRDb3dzOUo2ZHNha0Z0bWhZQjc?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeThe Buffalo Bills are mourning the death of defensive tackle Ed Oliver\u2019s 2-year-old son, the team announced Saturday.\u201cOn behalf of the entire Buffalo Bills organization, we want to publicly express our condolences to Ed Oliver and his family on the devastating loss of his son. It\u2019s an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":221626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}