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College football player Medrick Burnett Jr. is confirmed to have died after being injured in a game last month. He was 20 years old. The Alabama athlete was hospitalized after being severely hurt ...
Alabama A&M football player Medrick Burnett Jr. died on Wednesday, one month after sustaining a head injury during an Oct. 26 game against Alabama State. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Medrick Burnett Jr., a 20-year-old Alabama college football player who was hospitalized after a head injury sustained during an October game, has now died over a month later.
The Detroit Lions lost many notable players to injury throughout the season, including yet another during their divisional round NFL playoff game against the Washington Commanders on Sunday.
Darryl Floyd Stingley (September 18, 1951 – April 5, 2007) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver for five seasons with the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). His career was ended at age 26 by an on-field spinal cord injury. He died from heart disease and pneumonia complicated by ...
For professional football players, the most common cause of death is vehicle crashes. For college players, the most common cause of death is in-game and practice injuries. Each player is listed with the team to which he was assigned at the time of his death, rather than the team with which he spent most of his career.
Notre Dame defensive back Benjamin Morrison (20), right, knocks the ball away from Louisville wide receiver Ja'Corey Brooks (1) during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday ...
Chris Norton is a former American football defensive back who played Division III football for the Luther College Norse. His football career ended in 2010 when he became paralyzed while making a tackle during a kick off in a game against Central College.