Deseret News · Jan 9, 2018
Former BYU running back killed in car accident
PROVO — Ryan Folsom, a former BYU football player and aspiring physician, was killed Sunday when a car traveling the wrong direction collided head-on with his vehicle on Interstate 5 in Anderson, California.
Folsom, 29, who was a walk-on running back from 2007 and 2010-11, recorded one of the longest runs from scrimmage in school history — a 74-yard gain in a win at Colorado State on Nov. 13, 2010.
The Medford, Oregon, native is survived by two young sons and his wife, Lauren, who is expecting their third child this month. Folsom was driving to Sacramento for a hospital interview when the crash occurred.
Several of Folsom’s former BYU teammates paid tribute to him on social media.