Ex-NFL Running Back Lorenzo Taliaferro Dead At 28 Lorenzo Taliaferro Ex-NFL RB Dead At 28 Lorenzo Taliaferro died on Wednesday, cops in Virginia confirmed. He was just 28 years old. The York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office in Yorktown, Va. announced it received a call of someone needing medical attention at around 3:07 PM on Wednesday. Cops say when officers arrived, they found Taliaferro and immediately helped emergency personnel transfer him to a local hospital. Sadly, police say he died at the facility a short time later. Cops did not release a cause of death ... but a family member told Fox45 in Baltimore that Taliaferro had suffered a heart attack.