Former University of Iowa running back Damon Bullock has died at the age of 25, officials confirmed to KCCI. Bullock played for the Hawkeyes from 2011-14. "Our thoughts and prayers are with Damon’s parents, Kimberly and Roscoe, and the entire family," Kirk Ferentz, University of Iowa head football coach, said in a statement. "Damon’s tragic and unexpected death is a shock to all of us within the Iowa football program, as well as his former teammates. Damon was an outstanding young man and we enjoyed him being a part of the Hawkeye football program." Former teammates tweeted about his death. "Can't imagine my time at Iowa without you," former Hawkeye safety Miles Taylor said. "Your soul and good spirit will always live forever. "Former Hawkeye linebacker Christian Kirksey who is playing for the Cleveland Browns tweeted, “My heart is extremely heavy right now! I love you Damon Bullock! Rest in peace bro!” Bullock’s mother, Kimberly Handy, wrote in a Facebook post that her son died in a “terrible accident” Sunday morning, though exact details surrounding Bullock's death weren't immediately clear.“I will never be the same,” Handy said in the post. “I don’t know how or what to do. … I am heartbroken.” The Mansfield, Texas, native finished his Hawkeye career with 290 rushing attempts for 1,074 rushing yards and four touchdowns. He also had 71 receptions for 616 yards and one touchdown. He rushed for 513 yards in 2012 and 467 yards in 2013.Bullock’s best career game came in an 18-17 win over Northern Illinois at Soldier Field in Chicago. In his first career start, Bullock rushed 30 times for 150 yards, scoring the game-winning touchdown on a 23-yard run late in the fourth quarter. Former University of Iowa running back Damon Bullock has died at the age of 25, officials confirmed to KCCI. Bullock played for the Hawkeyes from 2011-14. Advertisement "Our thoughts and prayers are with Damon’s parents, Kimberly and Roscoe, and the entire family," Kirk Ferentz, University of Iowa head football coach, said in a statement. "Damon’s tragic and unexpected death is a shock to all of us within the Iowa football program, as well as his former teammates. Damon was an outstanding young man and we enjoyed him being a part of the Hawkeye football program." Former teammates tweeted about his death. "Can't imagine my time at Iowa without you," former Hawkeye safety Miles Taylor said. "Your soul and good spirit will always live forever." This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Rest Easy D Bull! I Love you man! Know you in Heaven smiling down! Can’t imagine my time at Iowa without you bro.. Your soul and good spirit will always live forever! ❤️😓 #RIP #5 pic.twitter.com/dIHPiyYYs8 — Miles Taylor (@CoachTaylorUSD) March 3, 2019 Former Hawkeye linebacker Christian Kirksey who is playing for the Cleveland Browns tweeted, “My heart is extremely heavy right now! I love you Damon Bullock! Rest in peace bro!” This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. My heart is extremely heavy right now! I love you Damon Bullock! Rest in peace bro! ❤️ — Christian Kirksey (@Kirko58) March 3, 2019 Bullock’s mother, Kimberly Handy, wrote in a Facebook post that her son died in a “terrible accident” Sunday morning, though exact details surrounding Bullock's death weren't immediately clear. “I will never be the same,” Handy said in the post. “I don’t know how or what to do. … I am heartbroken.” The Mansfield, Texas, native finished his Hawkeye career with 290 rushing attempts for 1,074 rushing yards and four touchdowns. He also had 71 receptions for 616 yards and one touchdown. He rushed for 513 yards in 2012 and 467 yards in 2013. Bullock’s best career game came in an 18-17 win over Northern Illinois at Soldier Field in Chicago. In his first career start, Bullock rushed 30 times for 150 yards, scoring the game-winning touchdown on a 23-yard run late in the fourth quarter. This content is imported from Facebook. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.<doc-sep>Sad news to report today. Former Iowa running back Damon Bullock has unexpectedly passed away in a car accident. He was 25. Bullock was with the Hawkeyes from 2011-14, primarily serving as Iowa’s No. 2 option behind Mark Weisman. Bullock rushed for 1,074 yards and 4 touchdowns and hauled in 71 passes for 616 yards and a score in his 35 games as a Hawkeye. He came on Iowa’s scene hot in his first start in an Iowa uniform in 2012, when the Hawkeyes was playing Northern Illinois at Soldier Field in the season opener. He had 150 yards in that game, with 23 coming on the final play in a walk-off winner. That game represented a quarter of Iowa’s wins that year. It was the only loss Northern Illinois would sustain in the regular season, too, as the Huskies went on to play in the Orange Bowl that year. It's forever known as "The Damon Bullock Game." 176 of Bullock's 1,733 career all-purpose yards for @HawkeyeFootball came against Northern Illinois in the 2012 season opener - along with the biggest TD he'd score at Iowa. Here's @10NewsAarons's report from September 1, 2012. pic.twitter.com/2WIswiITVS — Mitch Fick (@MCFick) March 3, 2019 Perhaps what was most memorable about Bullock was his personality. Kirk Ferentz doesn’t allow his players to be on Twitter, so he and teammate Jordan Lomax worked around that and ran a pretty hilarious Vine account. Bullock was always a great interview and provided personality to the Hawkeye beat. I covered the team as a reporter with the DI while he was with the team, and on media day in 2013 he snatched the sunglasses off my face mid-interview and mean mugged for the camera: RIP Damon Bullock. Man @D_Bull5 this hurt bad right now love you bro R.I.P ❤️ — Jordan Lomax (@jordanlomax27) March 3, 2019 My heart is extremely heavy right now! I love you Damon Bullock! Rest in peace bro! ❤️ — Christian Kirksey (@Kirko58) March 3, 2019 I'll never forget when @D_Bull5 came out and said his feet felt weird and come to find out he wearing two left cleats lol. Ima miss you bro. Love you. — Carl Davis (@Trenchwork94) March 4, 2019<doc-sep>
Former Iowa Hawkeye running back Damon Bullock died unexpectedly Sunday. He was 25. Bullock's Hawkeye football career lasted from 2011 to 2014. UPDATE: Former Hawkeye running back Damon Bullock, 25, fatally hit by a car in Texas, police say "With tears streaming down my face as I create this post I regretfully have to say that we lost our son Damon to a terrible accident this morning," Bullock's mother, Kimberly Handy, posted on Facebook, though she didn't elaborate on the details surrounding his death. Bullock, of Mansfield, Texas, ranked 37th in program history for rushing yards, with 1,074, and among Big Ten running backs, he ranks fourth with 32 receptions, according to HawkeyeSports.com. In 2013 and 2014, he was named to the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List. Former and current Hawkeye players quickly expressed condolences on Twitter Sunday. "Know you in Heaven smiling down!" former hawkeye Miles Taylor Tweeted Sunday. "Can't imagine my time in Iowa without you bro." "My heart is extremely heavy right now!" tweeted Christian Kirksey, a linebacker with the Cleveland Browns and former Hawkeye player. "I love you Damon Bullock! Rest in peace bro! ❤️" Many of Bulock's Twitter admirers also began resurfacing a compilation of VINE videos he made with former Hawkeye Jordan Lomax in 2017. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Damon’s parents, Kimberly and Roscoe, and the entire family," Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said in a news release. "Damon’s tragic and unexpected death is a shock to all of us within the Iowa football program, as well as his former teammates. Damon was an outstanding young man and we enjoyed him being a part of the Hawkeye football program.” Bullock’s best career game came in an 18-17 win over Northern Illinois at Soldier Field in Chicago. In his first career start, Bullock rushed 30 times for 150 yards, scoring the game-winning touchdown on a 23-yard run late in the fourth quarter. Register reporter Anna Spoerre can be contacted at aspoerre@dmreg.com, 515-284-8387 or on Twitter at @annaspoerre.