Mississippi State Football Player Samuel Westmoreland Dead at 18: ‘A Tremendous Young Man’

Samuel Westmoreland, a hostile lineman for the MSU Bulldog football crew and a modern innovation major, has died, the school reported on Wednesday. He was 18.

The college didn’t uncover the reason or any subtleties encompassing Westmoreland’s passing. In a proclamation, the college said they are “working helpfully with the Oktibbeha Province Sheriff’s Office, the Oktibbeha District Coroner’s Office, the MSU Division of Understudy Issues, 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 crushed by the unexpected passing of Sam Westmoreland,” he composed.

“Sam was a dearest child, brother and partner, and a gigantic young fellow with a boundless future,” Mentor Drain proceeded.

“He will constantly be recollected and profoundly missed by every individual who knew and adored him.”
“The whole MSU Family grieves as our viewpoints and petitions to God go out toward the Westmoreland family.

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— Mike Leach (@Coach_Leach) October 19, 2022

Our most elevated need is the help of the Westmoreland family and our understudy competitors during this upsetting time,” he composed.

MSU President Mark E. Keenum likewise shared his contemplations in the explanation from the school. “Quite possibly of the most significant example I’ve learned while driving this incredible college is that the terrible 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 colleagues and mentors, and with the Tupelo people group during this most troublesome time.”