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Former NFL player Jordan Shipley<\/strong><\/a> is in critical condition after an incident at his Texas ranch resulted in \u201csevere\u201d burns.<\/p>\n Shipley\u2019s family confirmed on Tuesday, January 6, that he was injured after a machine he was operating \u201ccaught fire.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cJordan was involved in an accident this afternoon near his hometown of Burnet,\u201d read a statement released by University of Texas Senior Associate Athletics Director John Bianco<\/strong>, which noted that Shipley was stable after being taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n Shipley, 40, was able to free himself from the machine, but \u201cit was not before sustaining severe burns on his body in the process\u201d that he was able to get medical help. Shipley was airlifted to a nearby hospital in Austin.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was able to get to one of his workers on the ranch, who drove him to a local hospital,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cHe was then care-flighted to Austin, where he remains in critical but stable condition.\u201d<\/p>\n Jordan\u2019s brother Jaxon Shipley<\/strong>, a former Texas Longhorns receiver, addressed the accident<\/a> in a separate statement.<\/p>\n \u201cPlease pray for full healing and no infections or other issues on his road to recovery,\u201d he wrote via Instagram on Tuesday. \u201cI don\u2019t want to get into all the details, other than his life was spared today by the grace of God and the sheer will to live. I believe prayer is effective so I\u2019m asking anyone and everyone to lift Jordan up in prayer.\u201d<\/p>\n Jordan\u2019s father, Bob Shipley,<\/strong> subsequently shared an update on Tuesday, writing via Facebook that his son required several surgeries<\/a>. \u201cThe biggest threats at this point seem to be infections and pneumonia,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n Before his time in the NFL, Jordan was a wide receiver and kick returner for the Longhorns from 2006 to 2009. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in 2010, also playing for Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Jacksonville Jaguars before retiring in 2014. He has since spent his time in Texas with his family.<\/p>\n