Mitch Morse shared heartbreaking news on Monday, revealing that his younger brother Robbie has died at 30.
The former NFL center, who retired in March 2025 after 10 seasons with the Chiefs, Bills and Jaguars, posted a message that focused less on football and more on family. Morse has remained close to Buffalo this fall through the team’s radio shows, but this note was personal from the start. He wrote that last week brought the loss of his brother and described Robbie’s life as “unique, and at times incredibly difficult.”
“Last week, we lost my brother Robbie at the age of 30. Robbie’s life was unique, and at times incredibly difficult. But through all of it, he was surrounded by family and friends who loved him profoundly.”
Morse added that the family takes comfort in believing Robbie is now “free, whole, and home with their Lord.” He ended the post with, “We love you, Robbo. Rest easy, buddy.”
The Bills responded by sending love, and the Jaguars did the same. Former teammates Mitch Trubisky and Eric Wood also offered prayers.
Robbie’s death closes a story the Morse family has lived with in public for years. Mitch was four when the injury happened in 1996, and the family has spoken about it openly ever since.
Robbie suffered severe brain trauma at four months old while in a babysitter’s care. Doctors ruled it a bilateral subdural hematoma, and the injury was consistent with an infant who had been severely shaken.
The babysitter, then 20, admitted to police that she shook him when he would not stop crying. She later reached a plea deal and did not serve prison time.
The injury left Robbie with serious intellectual and physical disabilities for the rest of his life.
In 2019, Kevin Morse told The Buffalo News that the family never turned toward revenge. He said people expected anger, but that never came.
“There’s never been a moment that we’ve thought about any kind of retribution. Not one moment.”
Morse told the same paper that the difficult stretches pulled the family closer together, and that he worked hard not to become another burden. He later supported the Bills’ work with the special-needs community and continued to include Robbie in the story through his years with the Chiefs and the Bills.
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