SAD NEWS: for oregon ducks he is dead…..
Spencer Webb, a talented football player for the University of Oregon, passed away on Wednesday after hitting his head on a rock slide, according to officials.
His age was twenty-two.
About 35 miles west of the university’s Eugene campus, Webb, a tight end for the Ducks, went down on the slides west of Triangle Lake.
Bystanders and paramedics were unable to revive him when deputies arrived at the site at 2:30 p.m., according to the Lane County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities claimed that after he was discovered “approximately 100 yards down a steep trail,” search and rescue workers helped to return him to the road.
The sheriff’s office stated, “His death appears to be accidental and there is no evidence of foul play.”
A place where people go is the rock slides.
has sizable rock slabs that naturally flow down the rock, creating miniature waterfalls that lead to a swimming hole.
Webb’s identity remained a mystery to the sheriff’s office, but Oregon head football coach Dan Lanning revealed his passing in a Twitter memorial.
“So full of life in every moment of the day,” he wrote. Spencer, you will be missed for your energy and smile. I cherish you!
The university’s athletics department has been contacted by NBC News for a response.
Tributes poured in after word of his passing. The offensive lineman Alex Forsyth, a teammate, tweeted: “RIP brother. Take off high.
Arik Armstead, a player for the San Francisco 49ers, called Webb a “great young man with a promising future gone too soon.”
Angelique Ashby, the vice mayor of Sacramento, described Webb’s passing as “unbelievable,” adding that
