University of Texas football player Jake Ehlinger was found dead near campus
University of Texas football player Jake Ehlinger was found dead on Thursday, according to police officials in Austin, Texas.
Ehlinger’s body was found off-campus after police officials received a call at 12:18 p.m., according to Brian Davis of Hookem.com. The police department did not list a cause of death or any details on the incident, but did announce that his death would not be considered suspicious.
Ehlinger, a sophomore linebacker, is the younger brother of Indianapolis Colts quarterback Sam Ehlinger, who was drafted in the sixth round of the 2021 NFL Draft after a four-year career at the University of Texas. After Sam Ehlinger was drafted, the NFL Network mistakenly showed a picture of Jake Ehlinger’s face where Sam’s was supposed to be.
“Jake deserves all the screen time you can get,” Sam said after the mistake.
Jake Ehlinger was a former walk-on who didn’t see any playing time in his first two college seasons. He came to the university as a two-star prospect in 2019 out of Westlake High School, where his older brother also played.
Ehlinger was a two-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll in the fall of 2019 and the spring of 2020.
