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First year student from Cincinnati Offensive line player Jeremiah Kelly died unexpectedly at 18 last April.
According to ESPN, a Coroner report said Kelly died of “cardiac hypertrophy” – a condition where the heart muscles thicken.
Kelly’s death was the ultimate shock for his mother, Chini, who told ESPN that he was “the healthiest child” and “never had problems” growing up.
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A general view during the second half of the NCAA football match between the Cincinnati Bearcats and the colonels from eastern Kentucky to the Nippert Stadium. (Compulsory credit: Carter Skaggs-USA today Sports)
Despite the “closure” with the Coroner’s report, Chiniqua wants his other two sons to see a sports cardiologist.
“It just makes you want to be more aware, as if there is something you can save your child,” she told ESPN.
Chiniqua said his son relaxed at home the day before his death and even wore a heart rate while doing physical activity.
A school spokesman told ESPN that Kelly had spent a physique before training with the team, which was required by the NCAA – Kelly had been registered early in school and trained in the spring.
The Cincinnati Bearcats helmets on the field during the match against Tulane Green Wave during the second half at the Yulman Stadium in New Orleans on October 30, 2021. (Stephen Lew-USA today Sports)
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“The Cincinnati football program and the athletics department continue to cry the death of Jeremiah,” the team said in a statement. “We are missing deeply by all of us.”
Kelly was part of the Avon Eagles football team, which went 16-0 in 2024 and helped make the first school championship of the school. Kelly received the honors of the first team from all conferences and all districts and was appointed SWC line player of the year as a senior.
As a junior, Kelly helped lead the Eagles to a 14-1 dossier and was teammates with the Cincinnati’s current ball carrier, Jakorion Caffey.
A Cincinnati Bearcats helmet is on the lawn during training in the spring at the Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati on Thursday, March 24, 2022. (Imagn)
The bearcates went 5-7 last season and 3-6 in the Big 12. It was the second season of Scott Satterfield as a head coach after Luke Fickell’s departure for Wisconsin before the 2023 season.
