Oregon State football player Fred Thompson collapsed and died Wednesday night while playing basketball at a campus gym, the school reported.
Fred Thompson
Thompson, a freshman from Richmond, California, was pronounced dead after being transported to Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis, the school said on its website.
The 6-foot-4, 317 pound defensive tackle died just four days short of his 20th birthday.
The university plans a press conference Thursday to discuss the case, according to the school's website.
Thursday morning, the website showed a picture of Thompson with the words "the thoughts and prayers of Beaver Nation are with Fred's family."
Lord bless the grieving friends and family.
Very sad to see a bright young man leave. God bless his soul and his family.
Excuse me- does his size really matter? His family lost someone rather young, and parents aren't supposed to have to bury their kids. Can't we table the talk about health for a different CNN article??? Just sayin'...
The saddest thing is a lot of these young athletes who pass from one second to the next have enlarged hearts...a very sad condition that a lot of people don't even know they have. Therefore a lot of times nobody knows until after the fact. RIP.