Family reaches $4.75M settlement in death of football player

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The family of a University of California, Berkeley, football player who died after a team drill in 2014 has settled a wrongful-death lawsuit with the school system for $4.75 million, officials said today.

The parents of 21-year-old Ted Agu sued, saying their son shouldn't have been in the strenuous workout because he carried the sickle cell trait, a blood abnormality that experts believe can lead to death under extreme exertion.

Agu died shortly after an off-season conditioning workout outside Memorial Stadium.

The university has acknowledged liability for the death of the defensive lineman and pre-med student, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

UC attorneys said negligence by Cal officials was "a substantial factor" in leading to Agu's death and that no other person or entity, including Agu himself, was responsible, court papers show.