Gaines Adams, the defensive end for the Chicago Bears, acquired for a second-round draft pick from Tampa Bay this season, has died this morning at the very young age of 26.

The Greenville News reports the Gaines Adams was pronounced dead in the emergency room at Self Regional Hospital in Greenwood, S.C..  There were reports of a heart attack, though no cause of death has been declared yet.  An autopsy will be performed today by a forensic pathologist in Anderson County.

Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends at this time.

UPDATE: Greenwood County Coroner James T. Coursey said the preliminary autopsy performed Sunday indicated Adams died of cardiac arrest caused by an enlarged heart.

R.I.P. Gaines Adams

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