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

An Alabama A&M football player who suffered a head injury during a game in October has died, officials said. Medrick Burnett ...

Medrick Burnett Jr, a 20-year-old linebacker at Alabama A&M University, died following a head injury suffered at the Magic ...

Alabama A&M linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr., 20, died on Wednesday, hours after his team had erroneously announced his death.

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

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

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

Linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. sustained a head injury in an October game against Alabama State and had been hospitalized ...

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

Medrick Burnett Jr., 20, a linebacker for the Alabama A&M Bulldogs, has died from an in-game head injury he suffered in ...

Medrick Burnett Jr., a 20-year-old Alabama college football player who was hospitalized after a head injury sustained during ...

Alabama A&M redshirt freshman linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. has died at the age of 20. The Jefferson County coroner issued a ...