Samuel Westmoreland, a hostile lineman for the MSU Bulldog football crew and a modern innovation major, has kicked the bucket, the school declared on Wednesday. He was 18.
The college didn't uncover the reason or any subtleties encompassing Westmoreland's passing. In an explanation, the college said they are "working helpfully with the Oktibbeha District Sheriff's Office, the Oktibbeha Region Coroner's Office, the MSU Division of Understudy Undertakings, and the MSU Games Office to decide current realities of this episode."
Westmoreland was from Tupelo, Mississippi and moved on from Tupelo Secondary School.
Mississippi State University was deeply saddened to learn of the death this morning of freshman student-athlete Samuel Westmoreland, 19, of Tupelo, Mississippi.https://t.co/cb6YD62bG2
— Mississippi State Football (@HailStateFB) October 19, 2022
MSU Head Football Trainer Mike Drain shared a recognition for the competitor on Twitter.
"The Mississippi State Games Family is shattered by the abrupt passing of Sam Westmoreland," he composed.
"Sam was a dearest child, sibling and colleague, and an enormous young fellow with a boundless future," Mentor Drain proceeded. "He will continuously be recollected and profoundly missed by each and every individual who knew and cherished him."
— Mike Leach (@Coach_Leach) October 19, 2022
"The whole MSU Family grieves as our viewpoints and petitions to God go out toward the Westmoreland family. Our most noteworthy need is the help of the Westmoreland family and our understudy competitors during this upsetting time," he composed.
MSU President Imprint E. Keenum likewise shared his considerations in the explanation from the school. "Perhaps of the most significant illustration I've learned while driving this extraordinary college is that the grievous deficiency of one of our understudies reduces our understudies as a whole — and we all at Mississippi State feel the effect of Sam Westmoreland's demise," he said.
"My requests are with Sam's loved ones, with his MSU partners and mentors, and with the Tupelo people group during this most troublesome time."
