It happens in various communities throughout the country every year, to high-school players. This week, Medrick Burnett Jr.

Alabama A&M linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. has died one month suffering a severe injury to his head during a game against ...

Medrick Burnett Jr., a 20-year-old Alabama college football player, died on Nov. 27, over a month after he was hospitalized ...

Alabama A&M linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. has died, approximately five weeks after suffering an injury in a head-to-head ...

Burnett, 20, was pronounced dead on Wednesday at 5:43pm, according to a coroner's report. Earlier that morning, Alabama A&M ...

Alabama A&M linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. has died at the age of 20 following a head injury he suffered on Oct. 26, ...

Medrick Burnett Jr., a 20-year-old football player for Alabama A&M University, died Wednesday a month after sustaining a ...

Alabama A&M football player Medrick Burnett Jr. has died after sustaining a head injury during a football game against ...

Medrick Burnett Jr., 20, was hurt Oct. 26 when the Bulldogs took on Alabama State in an annual gridiron game known as the ...