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Chargers’ Daiyan Henley plays through grief after brother’s shooting death
Daiyan Henley played with seven tackles and a sack in the Chargers' 27-20 win days after his brother was fatally shot, citing football as his main coping source.
- On October 31, 2025, Jabari Henley, 34-year-old older brother, was shot and killed in Los Angeles, and Daiyan Henley, Los Angeles Chargers linebacker, started Sunday against the Tennessee Titans.
- This year has been trying for Chargers linebacker Daiyan Henley, who called it 'the worst year of my life' amid his father Eugene 'Big U' Henley's 43-count criminal indictment and a multiweek infection that caused 10-pound weight loss.
- Henley recorded seven tackles, his third sack, a tackle for loss and a quarterback hit in the Los Angeles Chargers' 27-20 win over the Tennessee Titans, and he traveled with the team to play.
- Teammates rallied, with Denzel Perryman, NaVorro Bowman and Jim Harbaugh supporting Henley while Derwin James said `That kid's been through so much, man` and Henley admitted, `Being transparent, I dropped to my knees`.
- No arrests have been made as investigators explore a personal dispute, and Henley must play the rest of this season amid the Henley family under scrutiny.
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Chargers’ Daiyan Henley plays Sunday after learning of brother’s death
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The knock on the door of Daiyan Henley’s hotel room came early Saturday morning. Denzel Perryman, Henley’s Chargers teammate, was the first to reach him, asking him to call home. Henley’s mother was on the phone with bad news, distressing news, news no one wants to hear. Henley’s older brother, Jabari, was shot and killed outside a smoke shop in South Los Angeles on Halloween night. Police said they had no motive for the shoot…
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Henley plays on for Chargers after brother killed
Daiyan Henley played for the Chargers two days after his brother was shot and killed in Los Angeles. He had a sack, a pass deflection and seven tackles in the win over the Titans, later saying: "As traumatizing as all this is, I got a job to do."
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