Former Clemson and East Carolina running back Tyshon Dye has passed away.
Elbert County (Ga.) Corner Chuck Almond told Fox Carolina News Dye passed away after swimming with his family near the South Carolina state line. Dye went under water as family members called 911. That happened around 4:50 p.m.
According to Fox Carolina, Dye’s body was pulled out of the water around 6 p.m. Dye was 25 years old.
Dye is the second former Clemson running back to die in the last nine months. Former running back C.J. Fuller passed away on October 3, 2018 due to pulmonary thromboembolism and deep vein thrombosis, complications from a knee surgery he had two months before.