Alabama A&M University football joiner Medrick Burnett Jr. died after carry oning a solemn head injury in a game, the school proclaimd.
Burnett was 20 years elderly.
The news was proclaimd by Alabama A&M dynamic honestor Paul A. Bryant, who said Burnett died Tuesday.
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“Medrick was more than an exceptional athlete; he was a extrastandard lesser man whose chooseimistic energy, directership and compassion left an indelible tag on everyone who knew him,” Bryant said in a statement, according to TMZ Sports.
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“While words cannot adequately transmit our grief, we are unpretentiousd by the strength of his family, who stood by his side thcimpoliteout this unimaginable ordeal.”
Burnett, a redshirt newman who transferred from Grambling State this season, carry oned a cut offe head injury in a collision during the team’s game aacquirest Alabama State in October.
An finish zone corner pylon before the Gasparilla Bowl between the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the UCF Knights at Raymond James Stadium. (Jasen Vincherish/USA Today Sports)
Dominece James, Burnett’s sister, had a GoFundMe set uped for her lesserer brother, elucidateing he had brain bleeds and swelling from the injury.
“He had to have a tube to drain to relieve the presconfident, and after 2 days of cut offe presconfident, we had to choose for a craniotomy, which was the last resort to help try to save his life,” James said on the GoFundMe page.
Burnett was a 6-foot-2, 225-pound linebacker who grew up in Lakewood, California.
A Mississippi State Bulldogs football during a game between the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Missouri Tigers Nov. 23, 2024, at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Miss. (Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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He joined in five games this season, enrolling five tackles.
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