{"id":229423,"date":"2025-07-23T10:18:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T10:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/229423\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T10:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T10:18:13","slug":"autopsy-found-cincinnati-bearcats-kelly-had-heart-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/229423\/","title":{"rendered":"Autopsy found Cincinnati Bearcats Kelly had heart condition"},"content":{"rendered":"

CINCINNATI \u2014 A Cincinnati Bearcats offensive lineman who died unexpectedly in April had a heart condition, an autopsy has found.<\/p>\n

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ESPN reported on Tuesday that Jeremiah Kelly, an early enrollee who took part in spring practices with the Bearcats, had \u201ccardiac hypertrophy,\u201d
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A freshman from Avon, Ohio, Jeremiah Kelly was a 6-foot-3, 320-pound offensive lineman
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Kelly was found unresponsive at his residence on April 22<\/p>\n

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ESPN reported on Tuesday that Jeremiah Kelly, an early enrollee who took part in spring practices with the Bearcats, had \u201ccardiac hypertrophy<\/a>,\u201d a thickening of the heart muscles. He was found unresponsive at his residence on April 22.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bearcats football family is heartbroken by the sudden loss of this outstanding young man,\u201d coach Scott Satterfield said in April. \u201cIn the short time Jeremiah has spent with our team, he has made a real impact, both on the field and in our locker room. My prayers are with the Kelly family and those who had the pleasure of knowing Jeremiah.\u201d<\/p>\n

A freshman from Avon, Ohio, Kelly was a 6-foot-3, 320-pound offensive lineman who helped Avon High School to a 16-0 record and a state championship in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CINCINNATI \u2014 A Cincinnati Bearcats offensive lineman who died unexpectedly in April had a heart condition, an autopsy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[1615,1613,2910,228,227,256,2296,7,88,6,996,45204,9,1004],"class_list":{"0":"post-229423","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-app-sports","9":"tag-app-top-stories","10":"tag-associated-press","11":"tag-bengals","12":"tag-cincinnati","13":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","14":"tag-cincinnatibengals","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-ohio","19":"tag-ohio-cincinnati-top-stories","20":"tag-sports","21":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114902040935402132","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}