In the late stages of last week, it was revealed that former Stanford Cardinal multi-sport athlete Zach Hoffpauir, who passed away in May, had died due to an accidental overdose, according to a report citing the county medical examiner in his native Arizona.
The news broke last Thursday via an NBC affiliate in Phoenix.
Hoffpauir was 26 at the time of his passing this past spring, just a few months after he had been hired as a defensive backs coach at Northern Colorado under head coach Ed McCaffrey. Zach was close friends with Ed’s son, former Cardinal teammate Christian.