Kelvin Joseph

Former NFL CB Kelvin Joseph Arrested In Fatal Motorcycle Crash

By Ely Allen | at June 7, 2025 5:13 pm

It’s fair to say that former NFL cornerback Kelvin Joseph‘s career did not pan out quite as planned. Unfortunately, the downward trend continued this morning when he was involved in a collision with a motorcycle that resulted in the death of the 27-year-old rider, Cody Morris, per Paul Livengood of WFAA.

The collision occurred before 5am this morning. When Richardson police arrived, they pronounced the female motorcyclist dead at the scene, believing that no other vehicles were involved in the fatal accident. Around 5:39am, though, the Plano Police Department reported that Joseph called them to inform them that he’d been involved in a crash. Richardson police reached out to Joseph and were able to determine that it was he who had been involved in the accident.

Officers reportedly observed signs of intoxication when speaking with Joseph, and they made the decision to arrest him and charge him with DWI and collision involving personal injury or death. According to NFL Insider Josina Anderson, Joseph will remain in Richardson jail until he faces a judge tomorrow to hear his charges, enter a plea, and set bail.

Joseph’s future once looked much brighter as a second-round pick out of Kentucky. After playing a year at LSU, Joseph’s freshman year ended under suspension after violating team rules. He made the decision to transfer to Kentucky, and after sitting out for a year (as required by the NCAA at the time), Joseph started nine games, logging four interceptions and a pass defensed for the Wildcats. Two years of tape were enough for the Cowboys, who made Joseph their second draft selection in 2021, sandwiching him between Micah Parsons and Osa Odighizuwa as he dropped to the second round because of character concerns.

A mixture of COVID-19 and a groin injury kept him off the field for a good portion of his rookie season, which he spent most of on special teams before starting two of the final three contests of the year. His sophomore campaign was healthier, but he remained a special teamer, only seeing one start and significant time on defense in only four games.

With the emergence of DaRon Bland in 2023, Dallas traded Joseph to Miami in exchange for another struggling, highly drafted cornerback, Noah Igbinoghene. Joseph played a backup role in only four contests before getting waived by the Dolphins. This would start a string of short-term partnerships in which he would sign to and be released from the Seahawks’ practice squad, sign a reserve/futures deal with the Chiefs but get waived, sign to and get released from the Colts’ practice squad twice, and sign to and get released from the Vikings’ practice squad before ultimately signing a deal with the DC Defenders of the United Football League this February. He’d played in nine of the Defenders’ 10 games this season, and the team is preparing to play in the XFL Conference championship tomorrow in St. Louis.

This wasn’t Joseph’s first run-in with the law. Back in 2022, Joseph was questioned as a person of interest in a murder investigation from a shooting that had occurred in March of that year. As it turned out, Joseph was a passenger in the vehicle from which the fatal gunshots were fired, but he was not the shooter. Joseph was never charged or arrested in connection with that incident, but two men from his hometown were.

While Joseph did the right thing in reporting his involvement in the accident, perhaps saving him from charges of fleeing the scene of an accident, his intoxication and the result of the accident could result in jailtime.

We at Pro Football Rumors extend our thoughts and condolences to Cody Morris and the family and friends who survive her.