Former Miami Hurricanes running back dead at 33
There’s a pall over the University of Miami football team, after losing one of its best players in recent history.
Former running back Tyrone Ross has passed away at the age of 33 of an unspecified illness or medical condition.
One of our brothers was taken too soon.
Our thoughts are with Tyrone Moss' family and friends during this difficult time.
RIP, Tyrone. pic.twitter.com/aubCjTQAG6
— Miami Hurricanes Football (@CanesFootball) July 27, 2018
Ross was an All-ACC performer for the Hurricanes, but really made his name at Pompano Beach’s Blanche Ely High School
It was there that Moss rushed for more than 7,000 yards during his high school career.
He was a Parade All-American, and named as one of the Florida High School Athletic Association’s “100 Greatest Players of the First 100 Years.”
His high school coach, Steve Davis, said Moss was even more special off the field.
“He was always jovial, just a happy kid,” Davis told the Orlando Sun-Sentinal. “I can never remember a time when Tyrone was mad, even when we coached him hard. And we coached him hard because we knew how talented he was. He was always still smiling and laughing.”
Injuries slowed Moss down during his college career, but he was named first team All-ACC as a junior, rushing for 701 yards despite having his season end four weeks early due to a bad knee.
Overall, his seven 100-yard games rank 10th in Miami history, and his 26 touchdowns put him fifth among all running backs at “The U.”
Coach Davis says that dominant players like Moss — who rushed for 2,000 yards in high school back in 2000 — aren’t supposed to die at 33.
“It’s a total shock,” said Davis, now the coach at Plantation High. “He was, by far, the best player I’ve ever coached at the high school level. You had defenses and everybody that we played, all 11 guys knew he was going to get the ball. He’d still have 250 yards. You just couldn’t figure it out. My greatest moment was watching him in that state championship. He had over 200 yards. He was just incredible. He was a great football player, but he was a greater human.”
Davis says that even with all of the hype, Moss surpassed expectations.
“I know he got injured at Miami toward the end of his career, but I knew he was going to be a great talent,” Davis said. “He was just a super kid. Really liked that guy and not just for his football prowess, but just the type of person he was.”
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