Draven Rodriguez, a 17-year-old high school student who found online fame when his unique yearbook photo went viral last year, committed suicide Thursday at his home in Schenectady, New York, according to multiple reports.

The Schenectady High School senior posed with his cat in Sept. 2014 for a laser-streaked photo, before starting an online petition to allow the unique portrait to be his official yearbook photo.

"I don't want to go in the yearbook with the generic 'I-look-like-everyone-else' photo," Rodriguez told the Daily Gazette at the time. "I wanted a 'He looks great. Only he would try that' photo."

Although school officials ultimately rejected the photo, the school principal went on to pose with Rodriguez and his cat for a similar photo in which she held her dog.