OSU F Tyrek Coger Dead

[MNCYWX]

21 y/o Oklahoma State JUCO transfer, Tyrek Coger collapsed after a team workout today. Pronounced dead at local hospital.

Sucks to hear. More heartbreak for the Cowboys.

 

[Doc]

Wow, that's terrible. They have had so many tragedies there.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Hate to see a young person struck down like that.

 

[baagoe]

Wow that is awful. RIP.

 

[CycloneErik]

That's awful. Obviously, a guy in shape and doing what he's supposed to be doing, and that happens.

 

[DurangoCy]

Well that sucks, prayers for his friends & family.

 

[Rabbuk]

i read an article that said he had fluid on the brain issues previously. very sad.

 

[carvers4math]

How tragic and heartbreaking. Rest in peace.

 

[alarson]

Wow. Tragic news out there.

 

[NWICY]

RIP, sympathies to his family and friends

 

[Cychl82]

This is awful, thoughts and prayers the family.

 

[coolerifyoudid]

Dang. Way too much life ahead of him.

 

[Dandy]

Awful news. I wonder what the cause of death was. Stories like this probably have guys like Chris Bosh rethinking continuing to play basketball when doctors say he could lose his life over it.

 

[surly]

He had an enlarged heart. It had nothing to do with the heat, evidently. He shouldn't have been playing basketball at all. When in high school, he suffered migraines and had ops to take fluid off his brain. Amazing that he passed oSu physical.

There have been many of these deaths over the years, Hank Gathers being perhaps the most notable. K-State lost a football player some years ago to the same heart problem.

 

[Cardinal2001]

Awful news. Sad that it couldn't be detected earlier.

 

[ArgentCy]

I wonder when or how hard it is to check athletes at least once for this condition. I think that all they would have to do is a simple ultrasound that is non-invasive and shouldn't cost too much.