Diondre Overton — a former school soccer standout at Clemson who helped them win two nationwide championships — has died after an early morning capturing, cops say.
The Guilford County Sheriff’s Workplace launched an announcement minutes in the past … saying officers responded to a name a few disturbance at round 2:30 AM in Greensboro, North Carolina Saturday.
After they arrived on the scene, they are saying they discovered a capturing sufferer, recognized as Overton. Officers administered medical help, however he was pronounced lifeless on the scene.
Clemson Soccer and the complete Clemson Household mourns the passing of Clemson alumnus Diondre Overton. Our ideas are together with his household and buddies. pic.twitter.com/eCfIPQxO64
— Clemson Soccer (@ClemsonFB) September 7, 2024
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Clemson soccer’s official X account posted a number of footage of the star from his uni days … acknowledging his dying and sending condolences to his family and friends.
Quite a lot of his teammates posted tributes to their late pal too … together with Cincinnati Bengals huge receiver Tee Higgins, who shared a pic to his Instagram story.
On the photograph, that includes him and Overton sitting collectively, Higgins wrote, “Brotha I miss you already man. I love you 5L….I’m hurting bad bout this right now. Rest Easy Big Play.”
Overton performed for Clemson from 2016 to 2019 … catching 52 passes for 777 yards and 7 TDs over his school profession.
He helped Clemson win the Nationwide Championship in 2016 and 2018 … and, a plaque exterior the stadium bares his identify for co-captaining the squad throughout his senior season.
Overton was 26.
RIP
