Parker Moore, right, from his Twitter profile.

Linfield football player Parker Moore was stabbed late Saturday night at a convenience store across from campus and was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Moore, a sophomore linebacker, resident advisor and business management major at Linfield College, was 20.

“Parker embodied everything that is good,” said LInfield football coach Joe Smith. “He was a consummate teammate who put everybody first ahead of himself. He was incredibly loyal, a great man of character with a lot of integrity. 

“Parker was a man of action who jumped in and was a doer of deeds who would get in the arena and do the heavy lifting. He had a great work ethic. He was a leader with a charismatic personality who drew people to him. He was a leader in the classroom and a resident advisor. Parker was an incredibly positive person who was a strong man of faith and his faith was his greatest strength. 

“As coaches, Parker was a young man who you want your own kids to grow up to be like. He'll be an example for our guys down the road about the ways to live your life.”

Police referred to the killing to local media as a "complete random act."