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​UB football player Solomon Jackson dies

by ANGELA BARCA |

UB football player Solomon Jackson died Monday night, one week after suffering a medical emergency during a team conditioning session, the university announced Tuesday morning.

Jackson's emergency occurred at an off-campus conditioning session on the morning of Feb. 22, and he had been hospitalized at Buffalo General Medical Center ever since.

UB Athletics will not make football players and coaches available for comment on Tuesday, but head coach Lance Leipold will make a public statement in the following days.

UB Athletic Director Allen Greene, who had visited Jackson and his family at Buffalo General throughout the week, released a statement Tuesday morning about Jackson's death.