North Carolina A&T football player dies in Greensboro motorcycle crash

North Carolina A&T football player Kelvin Broadhurst Jr. died after a motorcycle crash on I-40 East in Greensboro, leaving the Aggies and Guilford County mourning a 20-year-old defensive lineman who was days away from turning 21.

Greensboro police said the crash happened around 4:57 p.m. Saturday, April 12, 2026, as Broadhurst was taking the ramp to U.S. 29 South. Investigators said he lost control of his Ducati motorcycle, veered left, struck a guardrail, was ejected and died at the scene. The Greensboro Police Department’s Crash Reconstruction Unit is investigating.

North Carolina A&T confirmed Broadhurst was a student and an active member of the football team. The senior defensive lineman from Spartanburg, South Carolina, was listed at 6-foot-1 and 270 pounds. He appeared in 28 career games for the Aggies, recording 13 tackles and 1.5 sacks, while studying electrical engineering.

His path to A&T included a strong high school career at Dorman High School, where he made 43 tackles, including six for loss, and three sacks as a senior. That resume made him a known name inside the program long before his death brought the campus to a stop.

Broadhurst’s mother, Latoya Lyles, said she had been planning his 21st birthday and was now planning his funeral. She said Broadhurst was her only child and that she had spoken with him just minutes before the crash. Lyles described him as kind, polite, respectful and driven, and said he poured himself into helping others, excelling in school and taking part in mentorship and community service. She also said his father died in September 2025, a loss that weighed heavily on him.

The crash lands in a broader safety conversation that Triad drivers know well, especially along high-speed connectors where motorcycles and heavy traffic mix. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated 39,345 traffic deaths nationwide in 2024, and both federal and state highway safety programs continue to track motorcyclist fatalities as a separate concern. In North Carolina, that issue remains a standing priority for the Governor’s Highway Safety Program.

Police asked anyone with information about the crash to contact Greensboro/Guilford Crime Stoppers at 336-373-1000.