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Texas Football: Jake Ehlinger tragically passes, Longhorn family mourns

Jake Ehlinger, Texas Football Mandatory Credit: Scott Wachter-USA TODAY Sports

At the young age of 20, former Texas football walk-on linebacker and the 5-foot-11 and 245 pound sophomore Jake Ehlinger tragically passed away in his hometown of Austin, TX. The Texas family mourns on May 6 as a well-known former walk-on is lost at way too early of age this week.

According to a report from the Austin American-Statesman on the afternoon of May 6, the brother of former Texas star senior quarterback Sam Ehlinger, Jake, was found dead off the campus of the University of Texas-Austin.