In the past five years, there have been three serious heatstroke incidents in Maryland college football.
Most recently, the death of 19-year-old University of Maryland offensive lineman Jordan McNair has roiled the sport.
And it’s left experts questioning why previous athlete heatstrokes didn’t serve as a wake-up call before his death.
Since 2013, Towson University, Morgan State University and the University of Maryland, College Park each witnessed a tragedy — or near-tragedy — stemming from a football player’s heat illness.
Gavin Class, 2013
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