Nearly 10 months after the death of football player Jordan McNair, the Maryland athletic department announced Thursday the formation of a 10-person independent medical review board that will review policies regarding athlete health and welfare, including best practices typically recommended by the NCAA.
The board, made up of current and former athletic trainers and medical professionals, will be headed by Rod Walters, a former athletic trainer who was hired by Maryland last summer to conduct an external safety review following McNair’s death.
McNair, a redshirt freshman offensive lineman from Randallstown, died June 13, a little less than two weeks after suffering heatstroke during a team conditioning test in College Park.