Deontavis Cooper, a rising freshman who was set to take part in his first season of college football at Tulane University this year, has died.
Cooper, an offensive lineman, recently graduated from Thomas County Central High School in Thomasville, Georgia – located over 30 miles northeast of Tallahassee, Florida. The high school announced Cooper’s death on Sunday.Â
According to Tallahassee news station WCTV, Cooper died in a single-vehicle car crash just across the Georgia-Florida border.
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Deontavis Cooper, an offensive lineman set to attend Tulane this fall, died in a car crash
