Will Smith Signed New Orleans Saints Jersey (Beckett COA) Super Bowl XLIV Champ

Custom on-field style jersey. Everything is sewn on, size XL. Has been hand-signed by Will Smith (D. 2016).

The lot / autograph(s) includes an official Beckett Authentication Services serially numbered hologram and matching COA for authenticity purposes.

Authentication: Beckett COA

On April 9, 2016, Smith was involved in a traffic collision in which a Hummer, driven by 28-year-old Cardell Hayes, rear-ended Smith's Mercedes SUV in an ongoing confrontation that allegedly started with Smith's vehicle accidentally rear-ending the Hummer. The final collision caused Hayes' vehicle to collide with the vehicle in front of him and was hard enough to break the rear window in the Mercedes. Moments earlier and less than two blocks away, in the Lower Garden District of New Orleans, Hayes’ vehicle had been hit by Smith’s vehicle. Smith's vehicle contained Smith, his wife Racquel, and two unnamed passengers. In the second collision, Smith and Hayes exchanged words, when Hayes fired a handgun, killing Smith and injuring his wife. Hayes was arrested at the scene. During investigation, a fully loaded 9-millimeter handgun was found in Smith's car. Hayes and a passenger in his vehicle claimed self-defense. After an investigation, the New Orleans Police Department charged Hayes with second degree murder. Results of a postmortem toxicology report concluded that Smith had a blood alcohol level of .235 on the night of the incident, or nearly three times the legal limit in Louisiana. Smith was buried on April 16, 2016.