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Sports
Matt Sepic

Former U of M football player Marion Barber III has died

Dallas Cowboys v Minnesota Vikings
Marion Barber #24 of the Dallas Cowboys runs with the ball during the game against the Minnesota Vikings in 2010.
Jeff Gross | Getty Images 2010

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Former University of Minnesota football star Marion Barber III has died.

Barber — who played football at Wayzata High School before going to the U — was found unresponsive inside his apartment in Frisco, Texas, according to NBC 5 TV in Dallas.

The station reports that police responded to a call for a wellness check at an apartment owned by Barber. Authorities did not provide any other details or say how the 38-year-old died.

Barber was a running back for the Dallas Cowboys for six seasons and retired from the NFL in 2011 after a year with the Chicago Bears.

The Cowboys confirmed Barber's death in a statement posted to Twitter.

He was the son of Marion Barber Jr. — who was a Gophers running back in the late 1970s before joining the New York Jets.