articleFormer Wisconsin football player Jack Pugh, who walked away from college football due to mental health struggles, has died, the university announced Tuesday. "The Wisconsin Athletics family is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Jack Pugh. But in December 2023, he announced he was stepping away from the sport because of mental health struggles. Wisconsin AthleticsREX CULPEPPER, FORMER SYRACUSE QUARTERBACK, DEAD AT 28 FROM INJURIES IN GEORGIA DIRT BIKE CRASH"I made a decision before the football season to medically retire, that I haven’t yet formally announced. My physical health wasn’t near perfect, but my mental health was the reason I decided to hang it up," he wrote in an Instagram post at the time.

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