An 18-year-old Mississippi State University (MSU) student-athlete suddenly died on Wednesday just two days before his 19th birthday, the school said.
Samuel Westmoreland, a Tupelo native, was an offensive lineman for the MSU Bulldog football team and an industrial technology major who attended and graduated from Tupelo High School.
No cause of Westmoreland’s unexpected death was released by the university.
Brett Watson, captain of the Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office, told the Clarion Ledger that authorities found Westmoreland’s body outside Blackjack Missionary Baptist Church, located about four miles off MSU’s campus, after responding to a call at about 11 a.m. on Wednesday….