CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (Gray News) – A college football player in Pennsylvania has died after he was found unresponsive in his dorm room this week.
Officials with Saint Francis University confirmed the death of 18-year-old student Kevon Walker.
“We were shocked to learn of the passing of Kevon Walker, a first-year SFU student and football team member,” the university shared. “Please join in praying for the repose of Kevon’s soul. Let us also pray for his mother and family, teammates, fellow students, and all who mourn his unexpected passing.”
Walker was found unresponsive in his bed at Giles Hall on Monday after his teammates said he had been feeling ill in the days leading up to his death, university officials said.
Walker’s mother shared that authorities found no evidence of foul play, but her son’s death remains under investigation.
“The exact cause is natural causes, it was sepsis. So, that’s what we know for a fact, but they are doing extra toxicology tests to make sure there wasn’t anything else in place. But it was not foul play,” WGRZ quoted the family.
The 18-year-old’s cause of death is pending a toxicology report with the Cambria County coroner’s office and state police handling the investigation.
Walker was in his first year at Saint Francis after graduating from Canisius High School in Buffalo.
The university canceled classes on Tuesday and the campus ministry office is accepting sympathy cards to be given to Walker’s family.
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