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Diondre Overton, national champion wide receiver for Clemson, dead at 26
Fox News ^ | Sept 8, 2024 | Ryan Gaydos

Posted on 09/09/2024 9:25:04 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski

Diondre Overton, a former wide receiver who won two national championships with the Clemson Tigers, has died, the school announced Saturday. He was 26.

Overton played all four seasons with the Tigers from 2016 to 2019. He was on the Tigers when they won the national championship in 2016 and 2018. He had 52 catches for 777 receiving yards and seven touchdowns.

"Clemson Football and the entire Clemson Family mourns the passing of Clemson alumnus Diondre Overton," Clemson said in a post on X. "Our thoughts are with his family and friends."

No other details about his death were given. A university official told the Associated Press that the school had heard about Overton’s death and reached out to authorities in Greensboro, North Carolina, to confirm it.

Tigers coach Dabo Swinney talked about Overton’s death after the team’s 66-20 win over Appalachian State on Saturday night…

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: clemson; death; diedsuddenly; football; player; sudden
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To: wildcard_redneck

My guess is you never played football.


21 posted on 09/09/2024 1:25:02 PM PDT by Codeflier (Don't worry....be happ)
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To: Codeflier

No, I played football 4 years before high school but I quit growing in 6th grade and was 4’11” as a freshman and only 5’2” as a junior , not a recipe for success in high school football. I was wresting since 4th grade so that is the route I took. I learned to fight as a shrimp and then I shot up to 6’ and 205 pounds as a freshman in college. It was quite fun to see the confusion from bigger men, probably football players, when I wouldn’t back down and then, if it came to a fight, cleaning their clocks.


22 posted on 09/09/2024 1:42:14 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: Vendome

He got shot.

Which 3 years ago qualified for a covid death diagnosis. Lead poisoning was almost the same thing as covid at that time.


23 posted on 09/09/2024 2:56:52 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ("If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there")
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To: plain talk

RIP to this poor fellow. At least he died of a gunshot, not, you know that OTHER shot!


24 posted on 09/09/2024 5:54:10 PM PDT by jocon307
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