TAMPA, Fla. -- Daisy Mae, the beloved horse of Tampa Bay Buccaneers' fifth-overall draft pick and former LSU linebacker Devin White, passed away Saturday night.
White posted the news on Facebook Sunday, just hours after he reported for training camp and signed his rookie contract. She was set to be shipped from Cotton Valley, Louisiana to a stable in Tampa on Sunday to be closer to White.
The horse was not sick, but pregnant, and collapsed Saturday night due to heat exhaustion and dehydration, a source told ESPN.
"She had so much will to stay with me but God had other plans," White said in the post.