Former BYU star Van Noy reaches out to family whose son died

Published Jun. 4, 2015 12:07 p.m. ET

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Over the weekend BYU lost one of its biggest fans when nine-year old Austen Russell died after being run over.

Russell, who watched BYU games since he was three, was a huge fan of Kyle Van Noy, the former Cougars linebacker and current Detroit Lion.

In a post on CougarBoard, the Russell family stated that when Austen would play sports he would always chose the No. 3 because of Van Noy and Tyler Hawes.

This week, Van Noy reached out to the Russell family with video expressing his condolences.

(h/t FOX 13)