Coroner's Office: Heart problems caused an offensive offensive -lineman Ben Christmas Death

The offensive -Opensive -Line -lineman Ben Christman's death in February was due to a heart problem.

Clark County's Coroner's office said on Thursday that Christman died of heart disease and an irregular heartbeat. Christman was found dead in his apartment on February 11th. He turned 22 on February 12th.

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According to an incident report after his death, Christman said that he had chest pain the day before. He visited the team's cardiologist and had an EKG, but it was said that everything looked normal. He was discovered in his apartment by teammates, who did not go down in training after training on February 11th.

“The heart of our team is broken to hear from Ben's death,” said UNLV coach Dan Mullen in an explanation after his death. “Since the day on which Ben entered our campus a month ago, he made the rebels a better program. Ben was a simple choice for our management committee because he deserved the immediate respect, admiration and friendship of all of his teammates.”

Before Christman switched to UNLV in the low season, he spent two seasons in the state of Ohio and two seasons in Kentucky. He was at Buckeyes for the 2021 and 2022 seasons and then moved to Lexington, where he appeared in 12 games in two seasons. In the high school class from 2021 he came born in Ohio and four-star recruit.

On social media on Friday morningThe former OHIO State quarterback and the current ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit were committed to ensuring that all college physical echocardiograms have included. His son Zak, a walk in the state of Ohio, was hospitalized in 2023 and diagnosed with cardiomyopathy. In his post, Herbstreit said that even a heart replacement for ZAK had been discussed and his condition had improved in the past two years.

“A prescribed echo could help save life,” wrote Herbstreit. “It is time for the NCAA and conference commissioners to look at this. I love to be involved.”