University of Minnesota football player found dead in apt.

Gary Tinsley

Gary Tinsley, a linebacker at the University of Minnesota, who was finishing his classwork to get his degree, was found dead in his on-campus apartment early Friday morning.

According to KARE-11 in Minneapolis, police were called to the apartment just before 7:30 a.m and Tinsley was down, on the floor, not breathing.

University police say they don't believe there was anything suspicious in the incident, but they are investigating, just to make sure.

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The 21-year-old Tinsley, from Jacksonville, Florida had been hoping to get a shot in the NFL. He was the #2 tackler on this past years Gopher team.

He did have a couple of brushes with the law while at school, but was well liked and according to teammates and students, was looking forward to the future.

WCCO-TV in Minneapolis with a TV story on Tinsley's death: