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Virginia Union football player dies after collapsing during conditioning

By JOHN O’CONNOR AND WAYNE EPPS JR., Richmond Times-Dispatch Aug 10, 2021 Updated 1 hr ago

Virginia Union University announced Monday that a Panthers football player, Quandarius Wilburn, collapsed and died Sunday during conditioning drills at Hovey Stadium, the school’s on-campus football facility.

Wilburn, a 6-foot-2, 230-pound defensive end, was a 2021 graduate of Jefferson County High School in Louisville, Ga., and resided in Wadley, Ga.

After he collapsed, Wilburn was rushed by ambulance to VCU Medical Center, where he died, VUU said. He was 19.

VUU said in a letter to the school community that on Sunday the team ate breakfast and attended a church service together, ate lunch and then began the conditioning workout.

Pam Cox, VUU’s assistant vice president for executive communications, said Monday that school employees would have no comment on the death or elaborate on its circumstances. She said VUU was preparing a statement, which was released at 5 p.m.

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