ORLANDO, Fla. (AP)?An autopsy is inconclusive on the death of a Central Florida football player. The Orange County Medical Examiner?s office said Wednesday that more testing will be needed to determined what killed 19-year-old Ereck Plancher. The office says it will take several weeks to complete. Plancher lost consciousness Tuesday after strength and conditioning drills. UCF was scheduled to start spring practices Wednesday, but those drills have been indefinitely postponed. Plancher was a 5-foot-10, 184-pound wide receiver from Naples. He and about 80 other players were headed home after lifting weights and running before he collapsed.
Still no answers, it's amazing all the medical advancements we make daily, and people still go undiagnosed with medical problems. Especially athletes. It took doctors 40 years before they realized my dads breathing issues were not from asthma, but from a faulty valve.
Agreed Vins, but I've actually had another friend drop in similar fashion playing basketball in gym at school a few years ago (he was in shape, too). March 18 was gorgeous for being outside and doing things, not hot by any means. It's very surprising that he'd pass away after a short session like this. I doubt there is anything UCF could have done to prevent or save him, either. I think when it's your time that's all there is to it.
What a terrible story. This kid had just begun his football career, and he had really just begun to live life. This is nothing like the Korey Stringer accident...which could've been prevented by the Vikings' staff. UCF's workout was normal, and the weather was nice. It's just crazy how things like this can happen.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Autopsy results show a University of Central Florida football player who died after spring drills had a pre-existing medical condition worsened by physical stress. The Orange County Medical Examiner's Office said Thursday that Ereck Plancher had a sickle cell trait that caused problems with his red blood cells during physical exertion. Tests showed the blood flow to the 19-year-old wide receiver's muscles and organs slowed or stopped. Plancher collapsed in March, the day before spring practice was to begin. UCF says he received CPR from trainers and was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3493985 The full autopsy of UCF football player Ereck Plancher revealed that he had a pre-existing medical condition called sickle cell trait, a blood disorder that has been traced as a cause of death for several athletes during workouts. The Medical Examiner's Office of Orange and Osceola Counties released a statement of findings Thursday afternoon, 16 weeks after Plancher died after collapsing on an indoor practice field following UCF's final off-season workout. According the medical examiner's statement, Plancher's condition caused a slowing of the flow of blood to his heart and other organs. His heart eventually went into an abnormal rhythm. The medical examiner did not release the full report.
