Former Detroit Renaissance High and Michigan State football player Mylan Hicks was killed in Canada, according to reports.
Hicks, 23, was playing for the Calgary Stampede of the Canadian Football League. He played safety and linebacker for the Spartans from 2010-14.
MSU coach Mark Dantonio tweeted Sunday morning: “Our thoughts and prayers are with The Mylan Hicks family, as well as his extended Spartan Family, as we learn of this tragic loss. #RIP6”
Hicks is the second member of MSU’s 2013 Big Ten championship and Rose Bowl team to die this year. Punter Mike Sadler was killed along with Nebraska punter Sam Foltz in an auto accident on July 23 near Waukesha, Wis.