An Alabama college football player — remembered by his team as a “towering presence of kindness” and recently baptized at the start of the season — was killed in a head-on collision.

James E. Owens Jr., 20, was driving a 2019 Chevrolet Camaro when it collided with a Toyota Tundra driven by Justin E. Carlee on Nov. 10 around 5:30 a.m. in Chilton County, WSFA 12 News reported.

Owens and Carlee, 42, were both declared dead at the scene, authorities said.

The incident is currently under investigation by troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Highway Patrol Division.

Owens, a Tuscaloosa native, played defensive line for Huntingdon College in Montgomery.

The Hawks football program posted a heartfelt tribute to Owens on Instagram in the wake of his death.

“James was a toweri

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