Ryan Hoffman, the former North Carolina football player who received national media attention this year while living homeless in Florida, has died, according to a news report.
Hoffman, 40, was killed Monday when his bicycle was hit by a vehicle in Haines City, Fla., the Daily Ridge of Lake Wales, Fla., reported. The newspaper said the Haines City Police Department confirmed Hoffman was hit on a poorly lit stretch of highway and was dead at the scene when emergency responders arrived.
Hoffman’s story of living as a homeless person in Lakeland, Fla., panhandling on street corners, was reported in March by The New York Times and The News & Observer.