Former Canes lineman dies

Another former Miami Hurricanes football player has died far too young.

Former offensive lineman Carlos Joseph, a Miami Edison High alumnus and part of the UM duo nicknamed the

Haitian Sensations before his older brother, defensive tackle William

Joseph, left for the

NFL in 2003, died early Tuesday of a brain hemorrhage, Miami Edison football coach Luther Campbell confirmed to the Miami Herald.

He was 40.

“A gentle giant” is how

Joseph

Campbell described Joseph, who coached the offensive line at Miami Edison and was not responding well after surgery following a stroke last week. “Carlos was a very lovable person. He loved University of Miami football and his alma mater Miami Edison. We are definitely going to miss him. The kids are taking it hard.”

Former UM offensive lineman and football assistant

Joel Rodriguez, now the O-line coach for FIU, said Tuesday that Joseph “was one of the funniest guys on the team without trying to be. Carlos was a very nice guy with a good heart. It’s sad how many guys who played in our age group — Tyrone Moss, Leonard Myers a couple years back, Al Blades, Chris Campbell, passed away too early. It stinks.”

Joseph played at UM from 2000 to 2003 and went in the seventh round of the 2004 NFL Draft to the San Diego Chargers.

“I’m a gentle giant off the field,” Joseph, 6-6 and 342 pounds, told the Herald in August 2002. “But on it, I’m just bubbling up.”

Joseph, quiet and painfully shy, was known for his voracious appetite. At the “Beef Bowl,” an eating fest before the Jan. 3, 2002, Rose Bowl game, Joseph ate five 1-pound prime ribs.

“I don’t know how he eats that much,” William said. “I just ate one.”