Georgia Tech’s Lance Austin (17), Lawrence Austin (20) and Brandon Adams (90) celebrate an interception during the Yellow Jackets’ game against rival Georgia in November 2016 in Athens. Adams has died at the age of 21. The school announced player’s death Sunday.ATLANTA – Brandon Adams, a rising senior who was expected to be a key member of Georgia Tech’s defensive line under new head coach Geoff Collins, died at the age of 21, the school announced Sunday.
Adams had been going through offseason workouts and was preparing for the start of spring football practices when he died on campus Saturday. No cause was given.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was assisting, and its medical examiner’s office said an autopsy would be conducted Monday, a day before the Yellow Jackets were scheduled to hold their first practice this year.
Adams’ death was mourned by a program that was experiencing a surge of enthusiasm under Collins, the former Temple coach who took over at Tech after the retirement of Paul Johnson.
“Our entire Georgia Tech football family is heartbroken by the news of Brandon’s passing,” Collins said in a school release. “In the short time that I have had the privilege and honor of knowing Brandon, I admired and respected him, first and foremost as a terrific human being, but also as an outstanding teammate and leader.”