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Ted Agu, defensive lineman of California Golden Bears, dies - ESPN
We all taunt each other up here, but when something like this happens we all come together to wish the team and family our deepest condolences.
California football player Ted Agu died Friday after collapsing during a training run with his teammates. He was 21.
"This is one of those tragedies that no one can understand and comprehend," an emotional coach Sonny Dykes said at a news conference.
"Ted was a very special young man. As a coach, you have the opportunity to be around a lot of special kids day in and day out. He was a special young man. He just had a passion and energy for life that's contagious. He will be deeply missed. Our players loved him dearly and he was a big part of our family."
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Cal defensive lineman Ted Agu, a senior-to-be who made six tackles in seven games last season for the Golden Bears, died Friday morning. He was 21.
Agu was on a training run near Memorial Stadium with his teammates early Friday morning that was supervised by multiple members of the team's medical staff.
Team physician Dr. Casey Batten said the medical staff saw he had difficulty completing the workout and he was transferred by cart about 150 yards to the stadium.
"He was on the back of the cart, he was talking, he was hydrating, he did not exhibit any labored breathing or other signs until he got to the north tunnel," Batten said.
He then collapsed when he got to the medical facility at the Simpson Center at the stadium around 7 a.m., and emergency medical personnel were alerted and Agu was given CPR. He was quickly taken to Alta Bates Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
We all taunt each other up here, but when something like this happens we all come together to wish the team and family our deepest condolences.