ORONO, Maine -- A University of Maine football player collapsed and died during a preseason workout on campus.
University officials said 18-year-old Darius Minor, a political science major from Locust Grove, Virginia, collapsed Tuesday afternoon. Training staff and first responders were unable to resuscitate him.
Minor was in the third week of UMaine's Freshman Workout. Officials said he was one of 17 first-year student-athletes participating, and he collapsed about 15 minutes into a supervised light workout.
Interim athletics director James Settele said the campus is "devastated by this terrible incident." He said the campus community extends its deepest condolences to Minor's family.