On Sept. 24, the day after Rice University played Florida State, freshman defensive back Dale Lloyd collapsed and died of still-undetermined causes during a light workout.
The Rice University football team was going through little more than a routine workout — some light running in the late afternoon — when Dale Lloyd suddenly collapsed on the field. Lloyd, a freshman on his way to a redshirt season, told his trainers he didn’t feel right. He was conscious for the ambulance ride to the hospital at about 5 p.m. Sunday, but died in the hospital 16 hours later.