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Jared Lorenzen, a UK football icon, has passed away

Jared Lorenzen — a college football legend, a Super Bowl champion and an even better friend and person — has passed away.

Details at this point are limited, not that the details matter right now. We all knew Jared was hospitalized last Friday and he was “fighting with everything,” his family said over the weekend.

On Wednesday, Jared lost that fight. He was only 38 years old.

A statement from his family:

Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, especially his two kids, Taylar and Tayden. He was so involved with their youth sports (Taylar in softball, Tayden following in his old man’s footsteps with football) and he loved bragging on how well they were doing.