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University of Minnesota Duluth Football Player Reed Ryan Dies at Age 22

Reed Ryan, a senior defensive lineman for Division II school Minnesota Duluth, died on Tuesday after suffering cardiac arrest, per Christa Lawler of the Star Tribune. He was 22.

His family wrote in an obituary that he "went into cardiac arrest on Nov. 21 following a football team workout in the weight room" that was the "result of an undetected genetic heart condition."

The family said the school's athletic staff administered CPR to recover his pulse and he was taken to the ICU at the St. Mary's-Duluth medical center.

UMD head coach Curt Wiese released the following statement:

"Our staff and players are devastated about Reed's passing.