By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-29 21:27:32 | Updated at 2024-11-29 23:49:16
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Alabama A&M LB Medrick Burnett Jr. Dies From Head Injury
ESPN ^ | Nov 29, 2024
Posted on 11/29/2024 1:15:20 PM PST by nickcarraway
An Alabama A&M football player who suffered a head injury during a game in October has died.
Medrick Burnett Jr., 20, was playing his first season as a linebacker with Alabama A&M University when he sustained the injury during the annual Magic City Classic against in-state rivals Alabama State University on Oct. 26, the Jefferson County coroner said in a statement Friday. The coroner listed his official time of death as Wednesday evening.
The Alabama A&M athletic department announced Burnett's death Wednesday morning and then sent out a retraction later that day. The second statement said the initial news of Burnett's death came "from an immediate family member on Tuesday evening."
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1 posted on 11/29/2024 1:15:20 PM PST by nickcarraway
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2 posted on 11/29/2024 1:23:22 PM PST by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
To: nickcarraway
Sad for his family at this time of year.
RIP Medrick
3 posted on 11/29/2024 1:25:55 PM PST by dforest
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Tragic. Have they done all they can with the science of football helmets?
4 posted on 11/29/2024 1:26:10 PM PST by mairdie (GreenwichVillage ArmyPoet: https://www.iment.com/maida/family/father/oldsoldiersdrums/frontcover.htm)
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