TUCSON, Ariz. — Zach Hemmila, a senior offensive lineman for the University of Arizona, has died in his sleep, athletic director Greg Byrne said Monday.
Byrne and Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez told the team of Hemmila’s death after practice on Monday morning.
Hemmila was found by a cousin. There was no immediate word on a cause of death.
Rodriguez, wiping away tears, his voice choked with emotion, called Hemmila “a great young man.”
“We talked two nights ago,” Rodriguez said. “Just out of the blue (he) came down and sat beside me and talked about everything, how happy he was.