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Mississippi State Freshman Defensive End Dies In Car Wreck

The Mississippi State football team is in mourning after the loss of one of their young teammates and a standout alum.

Freshman defensive lineman Keith Joseph Jr. and his father, Keith Sr., were killed in a car wreck on Friday night on their way to a high school football game.

Tonight, our Bulldog family mourns the loss of our own Keith Joseph Jr. & Keith Joseph Sr. https://t.co/OQ2BcqFKek pic.twitter.com/2aetwcLOJF

— MSU Football (@HailStateFB) November 7, 2015

Joseph Jr. was redshirting his first year as a true freshman. He shared a bond with his father who also played for the Bulldogs as a linebacker from 1989 to 1992.