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Former Princeton football player Tiger Bech, 27, was among at least 15 people killed in the New Orleans attack Wednesday, his sister confirmed to CNN.

Virginia Bech, 29, said her younger brother was outside a Bourbon Street pizza shop walking back to his hotel with a friend when the attack unfolded.

His friend, Ryan Quigley, was injured in the attack, she said.

Tiger Bech, of Lafayette, Louisiana, played college football at Princeton and moved to New York City after graduating in 2021 to work as a junior trader for Seaport Global Holdings, a capital markets firm, his sister said.

He visited Louisiana during the holidays.

The last time Virginia Bech heard from her brother was shortly before 1:30 a.m., when he texted their family group chat saying, “Happy New Year.”

The last message she sent to her brother said: “Happy New Year Tig. I love you and so proud of all you achieved in 2024. 2025, let’s have it!”

A few hours later, Tiger was dead. His sister said he suffered internal injuries, including head trauma, in the attack, when a driver rammed a pickup truck into the crowd on Bourbon Street.

His friend, Quigley, is in stable condition but suffered a severe laceration to the head and a broken leg, Virginia Bech said.

Princeton football coach Bob Surace described Tiger Bech as “a ferocious competitor with endless energy, a beloved teammate and a caring friend.”

Coming from a family of athletes, most of whom played football at Louisiana State University, Tiger was loved by friends and family as a larger-than-life person who loved to travel, his sister said.