Mississippi State College confirmed on Wednesday that freshman offensive lineman Sam Westmoreland has died. Westmoreland was set to show 19 years previous on Friday and hadn’t but performed in a recreation for the college.
TMZ Sports activities stories that no reason for loss of life has but been revealed. The college is working with the Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Workplace, the Oktibbeha County Coroner’s Workplace, the college’s division of pupil affairs and its athletic division to acquire extra info.
“The Mississippi State Athletics Household is heartbroken by the sudden loss of life of Sam Westmoreland,” Bulldogs coach Mike Leach stated in a launched assertion. “Sam was a beloved son, brother and teammate, and an amazing younger man with a limitless future. He’ll all the time be remembered and deeply missed by everybody who knew and liked him. Your complete MSU Household mourns as our ideas and prayers exit to the Westmoreland household. Our highest precedence is the help of the Westmoreland household and our student-athletes throughout this troubling time.”
In accordance with Pete Thamel of ESPN, Westmoreland performed his highschool soccer in Tupelo, Mississippi, the place he earned a Northeast Mississippi Soccer Coaches Affiliation All-Star Sport nod for his last season earlier than he walked onto the Mississippi State staff. Outdoors of soccer, Westmoreland was an industrial know-how main.
Per Shehan Jeyarajah of CBS Sports activities, Bulldogs beginning quarterback Will Rogers addressed the information by way of Twitter:
