Rice football player dies after workout

[SMULLET]

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Rice football player dies after workout

03:21 PM CDT on Monday, September 25, 2006

Associated Press

HOUSTON – A Rice University freshman football player died Monday, a day after collapsing during a light workout.

Dale Lloyd, a 19-year-old defensive back, collapsed on the field about 5 p.m. Sunday but was conscious when taken to a hospital by ambulance. He died about 9 a.m. Monday, school officials said.

"I just can't describe the pain we're feeling right now and the shock," Rice athletic director Chris Del Conte said. "It will take a long time to digest. The coaches are crushed. This is a tough time for all of us."

Del Conte said Lloyd collapsed while the team was doing some light running. Although he didn't complain of anything specific, he told team trainers he didn't feel right.

"No one knows what happened," Del Conte said. "It's a mystery."

An autopsy was pending.

Coaches met with the team Monday afternoon to talk about Lloyd's death.

"He was a tremendous student who happened to play football," Del Conte said, fighting back tears. "His smile just lit up the room."

Lloyd played in Rice's season opener against Houston but didn't play the last three games. The team planned to redshirt him.

Rice is scheduled to travel to face Army on Saturday. Del Conte said he hasn't made a decision on the status of that game.

"The Rice Owl family has suffered a devastating loss," Rice coach Todd Graham said in a statement. "Dale was a tremendous person with the heart of a champion."

[davidsmu94]

Nothing is worse than this in Sports. God bless his family and rest his soul

[Sam I Am]

The loss of a teammate is always a very sad event. Everyone associated with the player, his family, Rice, and football will mourn the death of this fine young sportsman.

[MrMustang1965]

My condolences to the Rice football family and this young man's family as well. A tragic loss.

[Pony Up]

Kind of puts things in perspective, huh?
Best wishes to his family.

[mrydel]

I do not mean to get off topic and certainly have the family in my prayers, but does anyone else find the statement that he played in the first game and they planned to redshirt him strange? Unless he was hurt and was going to get a medical waiver, this can not be done. If he was hurt, perhaps it contributed to the death.

[CA Mustang]

I do not mean to get off topic and certainly have the family in my prayers, but does anyone else find the statement that he played in the first game and they planned to redshirt him strange? Unless he was hurt and was going to get a medical waiver, this can not be done. If he was hurt, perhaps it contributed to the death.

As far I know, that's normal. You can play in any (or all) of the first three games and still be redshirted. However, if you play in any game after the third one, the season counts.

[mrydel]

I do not mean to get off topic and certainly have the family in my prayers, but does anyone else find the statement that he played in the first game and they planned to redshirt him strange? Unless he was hurt and was going to get a medical waiver, this can not be done. If he was hurt, perhaps it contributed to the death.

As far I know, that's normal. You can play in any (or all) of the first three games and still be redshirted. However, if you play in any game after the third one, the season counts.

No sir. Red shirt goes with one play. What you refer to is in the case of medical to which I was alluding the possibility. At least that was the rule when I was red shirted and when I coached the red shirts.