Max Tuerk, a former USC offensive lineman taken in the third round of the NFL draft, has died, the program announced Sunday. He was 26.
The cause of Tuerk’s death was not disclosed.
A four-star recruit out of high school according to Rivals, Tuerk started at left tackle for the Trojans as a freshman, earned All-Pac 12 first team honors as a guard his junior year and played well enough as a center his senior year to be a second-day draft pick. Tuerk started at every position on the offensive line at least once during his college career.