Services for former pro football player Jesse Steven Kahuanani Mahelona will be Sept. 26 at his alma mater, Kealakehe High School on the Big Island.

Mahelona, of Kealakehe, died Sept. 5 in a one-car crash on Kealakehe Parkway. He was 26.

Mahelona, a defensive tackle, played at the University of Tennessee, then for Tennessee, Miami and Atlanta in a two-year NFL career that ended in 2007.

He is survived by his wife, Brandee Kukita-Mahelona; daughter, Karter; parents, Steven and Laurie; brothers, Steven and Sam; sisters, Brittney and Stephanie; grandparents, Barbara Palmer, Charles Perkins, Isaac and Lovena; great-grandmother, Agnes Kelii.

Visitation is 3 p.m. Sept. 26 at the Kealakehe High School gymnasium; celebration of life service 4 p.m. No flowers. Casual attire. Condolences to Brandee Kukita Mahelona, P.O. Box 1004, Kealakekua, HI 96750. Arrangements by Cremation Services of West Hawai'i, Kailua, Kona.