Kosta Karageorge, the walk on football player for the Ohio State Buckeyes, will be laid to rest on Dec. 3. He was found dead on Nov. 30 near his Columbus apartment.

According to Cleveland.com, the initial police determination was that Karageorge died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The coroner has determined that he did die of the gunshot but has not made a final ruling on whether it was self-inflicted. A time of death has also not been determined, Columbus Police Sgt. Rich Weiner said Tuesday.

“I was sitting with my family during Th

anksgiving when the news broke, it was so saddening to hear such a thing,” senior Shane Moore said.

“The Karageorge Family would like to thank the friends, family, coaches, teammates, and even kind strangers who helped us in the search for Kosta,” the family told Cleveland.com.

According to the police report, Karageorge sent a text message to his family early last Wednesday morning, around 1:30 a.m., complaining that the effects from past concussions were bothering him. His family has said he suffered multiple concussions during his athletic career.

“Over the past couple of years, concussions have been linked to suicide in athletes, especially in football players,” Junior Miles Goldfarb said.

According to his family, he was extremely upset over something and he left the apartment he shared with his roommates to go for a walk around 2 a.m. His cell phone pinged off a tower about 2.5 miles from his apartment about half an hour later. Police are still investigating where he may have gone that night.

Karageorge was remembered with a vigil on campus that was attended by several hundred Ohio State students. His funeral was held on Dec. 3 at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Columbus.

“It is disheartening to hear stories like this, people really need to get help before hurting themselves,” sophomore Joshua Rosen said.