RICHMOND, Va. -- A Virginia Union freshman football player has died after collapsing during football practice over the weekend. He was 19.
Quandarius Wilburn's death was announced by the Division II university.
The 6-foot-2, 230-pound defensive end collapsed Sunday during a conditioning session, according to a letter the university's president sent to students and staff Monday.
The letter said Wilburn was taken to VCU Medical Center, where he later died, news outlets reported. The football team had spent a full day together -- breakfast, church and lunch before the workout, the letter said.
"This is a heartbreaking loss for our campus community," Hakim Lucas, the university's president and CEO, wrote.