COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Teammates and coaches of the walk-on Ohio State football player who disappeared and was found dead four days later joined the mourners at his funeral Wednesday. Teammates of Kosta Karageorge quietly filed into Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Columbus. Among the first people to step off one of the team busses was defensive line coach Larry Johnson, Karageorge’s position coach. © (AP Photo/Ohio State University, Jay LaPrete, File FILE – In this file image taken on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, and provided by Ohio State University, college football player Kosta Karageorge poses for a photo in Columbus, Ohio. Police tell media outlets Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014, they believe a body found near the campus was that of 22-year-old Karageorge. (AP Photo/Ohio State University, Jay LaPrete, File) Police said Karageorge, 22, was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on Sunday. He had been missing since Nov. 26. Fellow football players have described Karageorge as a hard-working and enthusiastic athlete who often stayed for extra practice. He also was a college wrestler. Athletes from other sports also planned to attend, said Ohio State spokesman Jerry Emig. Football teammates are expected to wear a helmet sticker with Karageorge’s No. 53 during Saturday’s Big Ten championship game against Wisconsin in Indianapolis…
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