The Oregon football team and first-year coach Dan Lanning got some tragic news on Wednesday.

The team’s projected starter at tight end, Spencer Webb, died in a freak cliff-diving accident at a lake near Oregon’s campus. The 6-foot-6 Webb was about to kick off his fourth season with the Ducks.

“Deputies learned that a 22-year old male recreating the area fell and struck his head. Bystanders and responding paramedics were unable to revive him. ... He was approximately 100 yards down a steep trail,” wrote the Lane County Sherriff’s Office on Facebook.

“There is no evidence of foul play and his death appears to be accidental.”

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