GREENSBORO -- The N.C. A&T State University community is mourning the death of one of the school’s football players.

Chad Wiley, 22, is believed to have suffered complications of heat illness after a practice. Tuesday morning, the senior offensive lineman was participating in a supervised voluntary workout on campus. "At the end of the weightlifting session, which took about 45-50 minutes, they went outside for the conditioning period which consisted of running hills," explained interim Athletics Director Wheeler Brown.

That’s when trainers saw Wiley having some trouble, and when they returned to the training room, he collapsed. A trainer quickly stabilized him and called 911, after which Wiley was taken to Moses Cone Hospital.

"He's the type of friend that you would want, and the type of player that you would want on your team,” described student Timothy Shropshire.

The incident has coaches taking a look at how they will run future practices. “We'll always look to see if there are some things that we can do better as we continue to look into exactly what transpired,” said Brown.

“Chad will be missed,” said Shropshire. “We as his brothers will be missing him. This is a shock to all of us, but we still love him and we’re still going to fight.”

Wiley was a native of Black Mountain, N.C. where he played football at Owen High School.

“I knew that he had the size and everything to go and be able to play but I never, I didn't know that he would go on as far as he did,” said Owen Head Coach Ken Ford. Wiley’s team went 10-0 during his senior year under Ford. And after graduation, Ford says Wiley’s legacy lived on at Owen because of who he was on and off the field.

"The only time he didn't grin was when he was taking a picture -- he had a big smile that just, ah I just loved it," said Ford.

Wiley was a business management major.

His family has requested an autopsy to determine the cause of death.