Former Murphy High School star and NFL hopeful Michael Jefferson was seriously injured in a multi-car crash in his hometown of Mobile Sunday night, according to his agent.

The agent told NBC News the injuries have required multiple surgeries.

TMZ is reporting a 55-year-old man was killed when the 2014 Dodge Charger he was driving collided head-on with Jefferson’s 2019 Chevrolet Impala.

Jefferson is a 2018 Murphy graduate who played collegiately at both Alabama State and then Louisiana-Lafayette.

The 6-4, 199-pound receiver was an All-Sun Belt Conference honorable mention selection as a senior after catching 51 passes for 810 yards and seven touchdowns.

He played three seasons at Alabama State. He caught 49 passes for 767 yards and 12 touchdowns as a sophomore.

During his high school career, Jefferson was a standout in both football and basketball for the Panthers. He caught 35 passes for 628 yards and 10 touchdowns as a senior in the fall of 2018 and graduated from Murphy the following spring.

Jefferson is projected as a mid- to late-round pick in the NFL Draft later this month, according to multiple sources.

Jefferson starred at Murphy High School before signing with Alabama State in 2018. In three seasons with the Hornets, he totaled 80 receptions for 1,085 yards and 17 touchdowns before transferring to Louisiana.

Jefferson played two seasons with the Ragin’ Cajuns, totaled 69 receptions for 1,291 yards and 11 touchdowns. He was an honorable mention all-Sun Belt Conference pick in 2022.

Muskingum Barnes, Jefferson’s coach his senior season at Murphy, said he heard about the accident on Monday but did not know the exact details. He described Jefferson as a “great kid.”

“Mike was one of those kids I wish I had more of,” Barnes said.

“I remember telling coach Karl Dunbar when he was at Alabama … I told him that he was a kid that a lot of colleges were sleeping on. At that time, Alabama had some other kids and couldn’t offer, but Michael is a great kid. He’s worked his butt off, going to Alabama State and then to (Louisiana) and doing some good things.”

Rick Cauley, now head coach at Davidson High School in Mobile, coached Jefferson at Murphy up through his junior season. He said Jefferson was a “pleasure to coach.”

“He was a very quiet kid, but a really good athlete,” Cauley said. “He had some really natural ways to catch a football. When he got into his junior year, you could tell it all started clicking and making sense. He had a really good junior year and a great senior year. Very good kid. Very respectful. Great teammate. Players loved him. He’s a good kid, good player teammate.”

Jefferson participated in the NFL combine in Indianapolis in March. Officially listed at 6-foot-4 and 212 pounds, he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.56 seconds and posted a 37-inch vertical leap.

“I talked to him before (Louisiana’s) Pro Day and asked him about the combine,” Barnes said. “He said he thought he did all right. I told him just to keep doing what he was doing. To hear that he had been in accident, I know it’s not what he envisioned, especially two weeks before draft.”