Jamain Stephens, a defensive lineman at the University of California, Pennsylvania and former star of the Central Catholic network, died Tuesday “after suffering headaches from COVID-19,” his former high school said in a statement.
Stephens, 20, a senior elementary school student in business administration at Cal U. He grew up in Pittsburgh and is the son of former Steelers who attacked Jamain Stephens.
University officials have revealed Stephens’s cause of death, but Central Catholic declared the virus in a Facebook post commemorating the 2017 graduate.
“Jamain was a great helper to Central Catholic, and it is possible that he was caught cheering on the Vikings and sending videos and messages of help and encouragement to his younger Viking brethren,” the officials wrote. of the Central Catholic.
Catholic center football assistant coach Dave Fleming called Stephens “the soul I have coached. “
– Central Catholic (@centralvikings) September 8, 2020
The team’s defense is known as the Chain Gang, and a culture among players is to wear a metal chain with the player’s call written on a link, a reminder that everyone is connected, Fleming said.
Stephens is the only player who uses his nickname in his link: Juice.
“He never said Never, never said Stephens. The last call of all is indexed on the link. What better decision to have a better son ”, he thought to himself. “The boy had a lot of juice. “
Fleming said the power poured into the locker room, motivating the entire team.
“He would be the kid in the circle who knocks the most sensible off the head,” he said. “I would bring everyone in combination and it would be smart to go. He would make sure everyone was okay before him. “
Cal U athletic director Karen Hjerpe called Stephens a glorious student who had “a smile on his face every time I saw him. “
“His personality was contagious and had such a positive effect on everyone he met,” Hjerpe said.
The university indexed it as 6 feet, 3 inches, and 355 pounds.
In a 2015 Tribune-Review interview, Stephens said: “Whenever someone asks my name, they mean my father. I can’t wait to make my own name. “
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