reports: Former Penn State football player passes away following fight with brain cancer
Sources claim that former Penn State defensive end Matt Rice passed away following a battle with brain cancer.
He was 41.
Former Penn State standout Aaron Maybin tweeted about Rice’s passing on Friday.
“My heart is truly broken today,” Maybin wrote. “I lost my brother last night. I’m so sad I can’t even put it into words.
“This one hits you hard, man.”
Rice, a native of Greenbelt, Maryland, participated in at
hletics at Penn State through the 2006 campaign. He was chosen to the Big Ten second team and started three seasons for the Nittany Lions.
During the 2006 and 2007 seasons, he played for the New York Giants and the Detroit Lions before retiring.
He had a long struggle with disease.
Rice apparently began suffering seizures in August of 2007, and MRIs revealed a brain tumor. Even though the tumor was benign, he needed surgery to remove it. However, a GoFundMe page made up for him at the outset of the pandemic stated that he was suffering from brain cancer. In March, the website received a tragic update, saying that “he has been fighting cancer for the past 16 years,” and that doctors had given him “4-6 months” to live.
Rice was much more than just a football player.
He was a husband and a father.
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