Obi Ezeh, a former standout linebacker for the Michigan Wolverines who was briefly a part of the Washington Redskins, has died, the school and his family said. He was 36.
Ezeh’s mother posted the news about her son’s death on Sunday on Facebook.
“My very own! My Obi. My #2. My heart. My father’s heart. My quiet giant!” she wrote along with a picture of herself and her son. “Grand child of an elephant. Journey well to your maker oo. Mother Mary please hold his hands for me. St. Peter open the gate for him as the celestial choirs marshal him in to Jesus. My Obinna Ezeh, you will always be in my heart my beloved son.”
The school also confirmed Ezeh’s death.
“We are saddened to hear about the passing of former Wolverine linebacker Obi Ezeh,” the school wrote on X. “Our prayers go out to his family, friends and former teammates. May he rest in peace.”
His cause of death was not announced.
