An 18-year-old college football player died during a preseason workout Tuesday, the University of Maine announced Tuesday.
University of Maine defensive back Darius Minor was participating in the third week of the university’s freshman offseason program when he collapsed 15 minutes into a “supervised light workout,” according to a statement released by the college.
Campus athletics training staff and local first responders were unable to revive him.
“The Athletics Department, our student-athletes and the entire campus mourn the loss of this bright and promising member of our community. We ask all to keep him, his family and his friends in your thoughts,” said University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy.
His cause of death has yet to be determined.
Minor was one of 17 first-year student athletes taking part in the Freshman Workout, according to the university.
Minor was from Locust Grove, Virginia.
He was a 2017 All-Central Virginia first-team wide receiver and second-team defensive back at Orange County High School in Orange, Virginia.
“UMaine Athletics is devastated. We extend our deepest condolences to the family during this difficult time and ask that their privacy be respected,” says UMaine Interim Athletics Director James Settele.