Jake Ehlinger, Texas Football (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)
Those around the Longhorns family mourned together after the tragic passing of the former Texas football walk-on linebacker and sophomore Jake Ehlinger on the afternoon of May 6. According to a report from Brian Davis of the Austin American-Statesman on May 6, Ehlinger was found dead near the campus of the University of Texas by Austin police in the early afternoon on Thursday.
The college football landscape rallied around the Ehlinger and Longhorn family in the hours following the news of the tragic passing of Jake.