Mikhail Torrance, the former Alabama guard who became one of the program’s most productive players of his era, has died at 37. The University announced the news on Thursday, and his cause of death was not known at the time.

Torrance was the kind of player who gave Alabama a steady edge for four seasons from 2006 to 2010. In his final year, he averaged 15.6 points, 5.7 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.3 blocks, then earned All-SEC Second Team honors. He had arrived at the University with a reputation built at Mary G. Montgomery High School, where he averaged 22 points, eight assists and seven rebounds as a senior.

His name has lingered in Alabama circles because his best season came at the end. The final year was under Anthony Grant, while his first three seasons came with Mark Gottfried guiding the Crimson Tide. By then, Torrance had become a player opposing defenses had to account for on every possession, a senior guard who could score, distribute and rebound from the backcourt.

That career took a sharp turn after the 2010 NBA Draft, when he was not selected. A heart condition had played a role in teams passing on him, and later in 2010 he collapsed during a workout. His brain was deprived of oxygen for more than 10 minutes. What remains unknown now is whether that condition had anything to do with his death.

After his time at Alabama, Torrance kept playing. From 2011 to 2015, he played professional basketball in Turkey, Canada, Finland, the Dominican Republic and Mexico, extending a career that began in Eight Mile, Alabama, where Mikhail Renard Torrance was born on September 30, 1988. The loss leaves Alabama with the memory of a guard whose college peak arrived late, stayed brief and was good enough to leave a mark long after he left the University.