Arena League football player Chandler Wiliams died on Saturday while playing in a flag football tournament in South Florida, as first reported by Local 10 in Miami.

The 27-year-old from Miami attended Florida International University and was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in 2007. A wide receiver, he played the 2012 season with the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League.

"We are shocked and saddened to hear about the passing of Chandler," Tampa Bay Storm team president Derrick Brooks said in a statement published on the AFL website. "Our heart and prayers go out to his fianc?e Vanitia Harrigan, daughter Tori Williams and the rest of his family."

Local 10 reported that Williams died of natural causes. Per The Associated Press, the league did not initially release a cause of death.