Connetquot football standout Joseph Boutros, the Salve Regina University offensive lineman who tragically died during the week’s historic blizzard, is being dearly remembered as a light in many peo…
Connetquot football standout Joseph Boutros, the Salve Regina University offensive lineman who tragically died during the week’s historic blizzard, is being dearly remembered as a light in many people’s lives on Long Island .
“You can ask anyone at Connetquot who taught him or coached him; he was just a great human,” Boutros’ former coach, Mike Konsevitch, told The Post.Joseph Boutros, the Salve Regina lineman who died of carbon monoxide poisoning while charging his phone in his car. This picture is of him playing for Connetquot High School. Boutros accidentally died of carbon monoxide poisoning inside his car, unaware of its clogged exhaust pipes, while charging his phone Monday. The 21-year-old was in the vehicle because snow knocked out power at his home near the Newport, R.I., university, where an estimated 34 inches fell. He was the type of player any coach was lucky to have, according to Konsevitch, who praised the sweat equity Boutros put into improving day by day. Former Pro Bowl QB attended viral snowball fight in NYC: 'Launchmaxxing'“His junior year of high school, he struggled with football,” said Konsevitch, adding, “He may not have been the best player on the football field, but he was the best teammate.” “Then he was staying in the weight room, working hard. His senior year, he became a better football player. He always worked hard at his craft.”This photo provided by Salve Regina University shows Joseph Boutros, student at the college, posing for a photo on the Salve Regina University.Boutros was also on the Nassau Community College team after playing for the Thunderbirds before taking his skills to Salve Regina. Excited to play with his close friend from high school on the Seahawks, wide receiver Alan Rodrigues, Boutros also shone academically. When he took a break from succeeding on and off the field, it was always to pay it forward to his former T-Bird program, according to Boutros’ former coach. “When we were practicing in the offseason, anytime he was home on a weekend we had a game, he would be on my sideline, watching, cheering us on.”“He definitely would talk to some kids, be helpful, give them advice that maybe he learned along the way playing college football,” said Konsevitch.NFL player's ex-fiancée alleges he cheated on her on their engagement dayESPN star sounds alarm on projected No. 1 NFL draft pick after QB's 'underwhelming' tape Joseph Boutros, the Salve Regina lineman who died of carbon monoxide poisoning while charging his phone in his car. This picture is of him playing for Connetquot High School. This photo provided by Salve Regina University shows Joseph Boutros, student at the college, posing for a photo on the Salve Regina University.
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