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

Medrick Burnett Jr., 20, was playing his first season as a linebacker with Alabama A&M University when he sustained a head ...

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

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, approximately five weeks after suffering an injury in a head-to-head ...

Alabama A&M linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr., 20, passes away after a head injury during the Magic City Classic.

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

An Alabama A&M football player who suffered a head injury during a game in October has died.

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

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 one month suffering a severe injury to his head during a game against ...

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