University of Central Florida freshman football player Ereck Plancher collapsed and died yesterday during an off-season workout intended to prepare his team for the opening of spring practice.
Plancher, a redshirt freshman receiver, was leaving the Knights' indoor practice facility when he collapsed. He was taken by ambulance to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. The cause of death will be determined by an autopsy.
Plancher's death has stunned students on UCF's Orlando campus.
"It's just kind of a shock," said UCF student Robert Goray, 20. "It's tragic. I played sports in high school and know what kind of things you go through. You just hope it doesn't happen, you know?"
Was it the conditioning itself that cost this young man his life? Did Plancher have a medical condition that predisposed him to complications? No one knows. And only time will tell.
May peace lie ahead for the family of friends of Ereck Plancher.
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