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Police: Texas LB Jake Ehlinger, brother of former QB Sam Ehlinger, found dead

Police in Austin, Texas, announced on Thursday that Texas linebacker Jake Ehlinger is dead.

Austin police say they received a call Thursday afternoon before finding his body near the University of Texas campus, the Austin American-Statesman reports. No cause of death was released. Police don't consider the death "suspicious," according to the report.

Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte and first-year head coach Steve Sarkisian issued statements on Ehlinger's death.

"Our hearts are truly broken, and we are just devastated today to learn of the passing of our Longhorn family member Jake Ehlinger," Del Conte's statement reads.