Columbia, Mo. ? The University of Missouri will pay $2 million to the family of a former reserve linebacker who collapsed on the field and then died during a 2005 preseason workout.

Boone County Circuit Judge Gary Oxenhandler approved the settlement in a brief hearing Thursday. The agreement ends a three-year lawsuit over the death of Aaron O’Neal, a 19-year-old redshirt freshman from suburban St. Louis who collapsed on the Memorial Stadium field during a voluntary workout in July 2005. He died less than two hours later.

Under the agreement, Lonnie O’Neal, the player’s father, will receive $1.3 million plus court costs. Deborah O’Neal, Lonnie O’Neal’s his estranged wife, will receive the remaining $700,000, plus legal fees.