Starkville will be mourning during its graduation ceremonies on Saturday.
Andrew Scott Demboski, a 21-year-old junior at Mississippi State, fell to his death from atop the Jumbotron at Davis Wade Stadium early Saturday morning, WTVA is reporting.
Demboski and two other male students snuck into the stadium and climbed to the top of the board before he slipped about 18 feet and hit his head on a platform. Demboski went into cardiac arrest and died from apparent head injuries at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, according to Oktibbeha County coroner Michael Hunt.
"It appears to be a tragic accident," Hunt said.