A tragedy that touched the country music world has affected the college football world as well.
Over the weekend, 19-year-old Jerry Greer, the son of country music singer Craig Morgan, was “tubing” on a lake west of Nashville when the tube, which was being pulled with a rope by a boat, flipped over. The friend, who is not being identified, resurfaced while Greer didn’t.
Greer’s body was found Monday by the Humphrey County Sheriff’s Department in the Tennessee River, which feeds Kentucky Lake. As many as a dozen boats and divers had been involved in the search.
According to authorities, both Greer and the friend were wearing life jackets.
Greer had just graduated from high school in Tennessee. In less than a month, Greer was expected to enroll at Marshall and become a walk-on for the Thundering Herd football team.
“Jerry reached out to us this summer with the intention of joining our program at a later date,” Herd head coach Doc Holliday said in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to his friends and family during this most difficult time.”