Former Alabama running back Altee Tenpenny was killed in a one-car crash in Mississippi on Tuesday. The news was heartbreaking for his former teammates and coaches.

Alabama running back Kenyan Drake, who was a teammate of Tenpenny's at Alabama in 2013 and 2014, wrote a long and heartfelt post on Instagram dedicated to his former teammate.

The tears never stopped since I heard the news. I couldn't sleep last night thinking about the memories we shared from when you and @last_king_2 were juniors and I was a senior in high school at the opening just competing and having fun. We became friends then and I knew both of you were going to be special then and we all came to Alabama and became brothers. Anybody who knew you knew that this smile could light up a room no matter the circumstances. We went through a lot of growing up together those two years you were on campus because we both were hard headed and always seemed to stay in some kind of trouble. But even through the bad times you always stayed the same and motivated me to be my best because you always saw the best in people. And when we hit the field it was nothing but love even though we both played the same position and were battling for playing time. The advice you gave me will forever be engrained in my memory of you because I realize now more than ever that life is too short not to keep a big smile on my face like you always had. I know you had it rough this last year bouncing from school to school and in and out of trouble but one thing we could all count on was for you to keep smiling through it all. I know we all have a angel in the sky now smiling down on us. I love you lil bro. Fly high Tee! 🙏🏾

A photo posted by Kenyan Drake (@roadrun17er) on Oct 21, 2015 at 7:21am PDT

Tenpenny finished his Alabama career with 218 career rushing yards in 26 games. He transferred to UNLV and then Nicholls State. Tenpenny was dismissed from Nicholls State's football team on Monday after being arrested over the weekend on weapons charges.

Derrick Henry, another current Tide running back, posted this:

Been rockin since 2011 & it hurts like hell bruh , I find myself laughing & crying because all of the times we had & all the fun memories we shared. I will never forget the good times & the bad times when we would freestyle & dance everyday after practice & all the joking we did on the sidelines during the game because that would always make everything alright when we could laugh together. The locker room talks me, you & Alvin used to have when times were tough , but all of us talking helped each other find a way to make it through. The late night dorm talks we used to have talking about how far we came & our goals for the future. No matter what I was going through I knew I could always come talk to you & you could make feel better & you knew I was always there for you. The walks I used to take with you & your fam freshman year after the games when ya mom would tell us to stick together & keep fightin because God had a plan & you never knew how much that meant to me. I just pray the Lord will give your family strength & faith to stay strong because you meant so much to so many people & that smile could make anyone happy no what they were going through. I know you had a lot adversity over the past year & I know you would overcome it because I've seen you do it multiple times before & turn everything into success , but I guess God had a better plan for you & he makes no MISTAKES. I will continue to keep your name alive & you always live through me & I hope I can keep you dancing & smiling as I continue my journey while you watch over me. We used to always say "27 & 28 gon be great"💯😢Gone but will never be forgotten , I love you always bruh T-Mane✊🏾.

A photo posted by Derrick Henry (@last_king_2) on Oct 21, 2015 at 9:37am PDT

Tennessee running back Alvin Kamara, who was Tenpenny's teammate at Alabama in 2013 before he transferred to Hutchinson Community College in Kansas, posted another long tribute to Tenpenny.

Tee bra... It's crazy that I just talked to you yesterday. Ion know what it was but something told me to hit you up. Short conversation but that was all that was needed. You knew where I was coming from and I knew you would take what I said and run wit it. I been cryin so hard that I haven't even been able to look up to make this post, but I know i needed to because you was my brother. Nobody knows what we went through all them days when we was down and out. They just look at all the negative and nothing else ..... But they can't tell me nothing because I know you. They don't know the Altee I know. The Altee that kept me goin when I wanted to quit. The Altee that would give you his last knowing he would starve. The Altee that came and kicked it and made ya boy laugh when nothing was funny. I swear they don't know the real Altee and I can't stomach the fact that they don't. It's sad because you thought I held you down but in reality you was holdin me down bra. Not a day goes by that ion think about all the lessons we learned together. I just hate that you ain have enough time to turn them lessons into success. If somebody wasn't supposed to make it out of us two I for sure thought it would have been me.The only thing that's keeping my heart a little warm is that I know you got that ear to ear smile on ya face up there. And even then it still hurt because that smile could be down here helping someone get through their day. But God doesn't do anything on accident so maybe you got a job to do up in heaven bra. I love you wit all my heart Tee. My brother... My friend..Rest up.

A photo posted by alvinkamara (@alvinkamara) on Oct 21, 2015 at 8:03am PDT

"Our thoughts and prayers are with Altee and his family," Alabama coach Nick Saban said. "This is obviously a tragedy. This is a guy that was in our program and was good friends with a lot of our players. We're going to be as supportive as possible to all the people that are affected by this."