Background
He was the son of former NFL punter Terry Joyce.
He was the son of former NFL punter Terry Joyce.
Brandon Joyce was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Illinois State. Joyce was shot during a robbery on December 24, 2010 and died in Saint Charles, Missouri, at age 26, after several days on a life support machine.
Joyce had also been a member of the Toronto Argonauts, Las Vegas Locomotives and Saint Louis Rams.