Rob Bironas has died in a car accident Saturday night near his home in Nashville.

Metro Nashville Police said Bironas, 36, lost control on a curve in his 2009 GMC Yukon Denali and crashed after 11 p.m. less than a mile from home. Police said in a statement on the department website that his SUV was speeding when it went off the road and hit a line of trees before coming to a stop upside down in a culvert.

Bironas was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Police said there was no evidence of alcohol or drugs at the scene.

Bironas was a placekicker for the Tennessee Titans for nine seasons before his release in March.

Bironas was the fourth most-accurate kicker in NFL history, connecting on 85.7 percent of his kicks (239 of 279). 

Bironas married Rachel Bradshaw, daughter of Terry Bradshaw, in June.