Cal officials confirmed Friday morning that a member of the football team, Ted Agu, has died. He was 21.

Agu, a 6’1″ 240-lb. defensive end from Bakersfield, was a junior. The Chronicle has confirmed that Agu collapsed during a training run.

Here is the full statement from Cal Athletics:

Statement from Cal Athletics Regarding the Unfortunate Passing of Ted Agu:

At this time, we are deeply saddened to inform you that Ted Agu, one of our student-athletes and a member of our football team, passed away tragically this morning. Our thoughts and prayers are with Ted’s family and friends, our players and coaches, and our University family. Our student-athletes are our priority and we are providing counseling services for our players. Please bear with us as we work to inform personally those closest to Ted; we will provide more information as it becomes available.

“This is a very difficult time for our football family,” said Sonny Dykes, Head Football Coach. “Ted was a remarkable young man and a member of this family who was highly respected and loved by his teammates and coaching staff. He had an incredible passion for life and will be deeply missed.”

Athletics Director, Sandy Barbour, said, “Our heartfelt condolences go out to Ted’s family. This is a very painful time for the entire Cal family; in the days and weeks ahead, my focus will be on providing every member of our community the support and information they need to get through this time. I would ask that media please respect and understand how this tragedy is impacting Ted’s family, his teammates, friends and the members of our campus community. We will get through this together.”

Agu was a reserve on Cal’s football team. He played in five games off the bench and contributed three tackles over the last two seasons of his first three campaigns with the program from 2010-12. He saw action at Cal as both a defensive lineman and linebacker, wearing No. 35. By all accounts, he was a well-liked and successful student-athlete.

His former neighbor in Cal’s locker room, Marvin Jones Jr., posted this heartfelt note on his Instagram account Friday: “I am deeply saddened by the news of my old locker mate, Ted Agu’s passing. He had one of the biggest hearts and was one of the most ambitious young men around. All of my thoughts and prayers go out to his loved ones. To my Cal family keep your heads up, stay close together, look out for one another. Let’s not take for granted and appreciate everyday the blessings that God gives us, and do things that make positive impacts on the people that surround you wherever you are. Love hard. You just never know when it’s your last chance to do so.”

Agu starred at Bakersfield’s Frontier High School, earning All-Southwest Yosemite League honors in each of his final two prep seasons, leading the conference with 12.0 sacks as a 2009 senior after posting 8.0 sacks in his junior campaign.

Agu played basketball and participated in track and field in high school. He was an honor roll student all four years of high school who was named the most academic player on his basketball squad during both his 2007-08 sophomore and 2008-09 junior campaigns.

Agu was active online, using programs like Twitter and Instagram. Just last week, he posted a video of himself storming the court at Haas Pavillion after Cal’s basketball team knocked off No. 1 Arizona in a huge upset.

There was an outpouring of sentiment online after news of Agu’s death got out. Many people were tweeting using the hashtag #Calfamily. You can read some of the comments regarding Agu’s death below.