Zach Hoffpauir, Stanford football and baseball standout, dies at 26

Zach Hoffpauir, a -recreation athlete at Stanford who earned all-%-12 recognition as safety and became drafted by way of the Arizona diamondbacks for the duration of his college career, died Thursday at 26.

Hoffpauir's dad, Doug, showed his son’s death to the Arizona Republic, however, did no longer reveal a reason. Maricopa County (Ariz.) health worker’s database covered Hoffpauir, but a file changed into not completed and it did no longer list a purpose of loss of life as of Friday afternoon.

Hoffpauir, who became from Glendale, ariz., was employed in February as the safeties teach at northern colorado with the aid of head coached McCaffrey. Hoffpauir turned into near pals with McCaffrey's son, Christian, an all-American at Stanford who is an all-seasoned going for walks again for the Carolina panthers.

on Friday, Christian McCaffrey, on his Instagram account, posted a picture of Hoffpauir and began his message with the aid of writing, “the day prior to this, heaven won an angel, and I misplaced certainly one of my pleasant friends in the international.”

another Stanford teammate, 49ers protective lineman Solomon Thomas, stated on Instagram that he’d, “never met a person who ought to connect to anybody on any such personal level. your electricity became infectious. all the time grateful for you. I love you, Zach.”

Ed McCaffrey, on Twitter, said he was “devastated” and noted Hoffpauir was close with all four of his sons.

“He was like a brother to our boys and had recently found his calling as our safeties coach,” he wrote.

Hoffpauir had 101 tackles in 50 games (eleven starts offevolved) over a 4-year career in which Stanford received three %-12 titles and  rose bowls. in 2014, as a junior, he turned into named a p.c-12 honorable-mention choice.

Hoffpauir changed into decided on inside the twenty-second spherical of the main league baseball draft in 2015. he played seasons inside the minors, in 2015 and 2018, and hit .224 with 3 domestic runs and 9 RBIs in 107 at-bats in rookie and class-a ball. Hoffpauir hit .295 with eleven domestic runs and fifty-eight RBIs at Stanford and was a p.c-12 honorable point out chooses in 2015.

he didn’t play football at Stanford in 2015 and again for his senior season in 2016.