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Edward Aschoff, ESPN college football reporter, dies at age 34

Edward Aschoff, a college football reporter for ESPN, died on Tuesday. He was 34.

"We are very sorry to have to share the devastating news of the tragic passing of friend and ESPN colleague Edward Aschoff," ESPN said in a statement. "He died earlier today, his 34th birthday. Our thoughts are with his loved ones, including his fiancee Katy."

Aschoff started working for ESPN in 2011 as an SEC reporter for ESPN.com, based in Atlanta. He moved to Los Angeles in 2017 to begin a more expanded national role that included television coverage. Over the past three seasons, Aschoff reported from campuses across the country for ESPN.