TSSAA football players Declan Deering and Jaxon Rocchietti overcame brain trauma. They are co-recipients of the 2025 Tennessean Kaia Jergenson Courage Award.

In a heartbreaking turn of events, Medrick Burnett Jr., a promising linebacker for Alabama A&M University, has passed away at the young age of 20. His death follows a severe head injury sustained ...

Medrick Burnett Jr., 20, was playing his first season as a linebacker with Alabama A&M University when he sustained a head injury during the annual Magic City Classic in Birmingham against in ...

Medrick Burnett Jr., 20, was playing his first season as a linebacker with Alabama A&M University when he sustained a head injury during the annual Magic City Classic in Birmingham against in ...

Medrick Burnett Jr., the 20-year-old Alabama A&M football player, remains in the hospital after getting a head injury on the field. Burnett’s family released a statement to clarify his condition ...

This week, Medrick Burnett Jr. of Alabama A&M died of a head injury he sustained on the field last month. Burnett, a redshirt freshman from Lakewood, California, suffered the injury on October 26, in ...

As of Friday night, the family had raised over $51,000 of a $100,000 goal. Alabama A&M’s Medrick Burnett, 20, died on Friday from a serious head injury he suffered in a game.

Alabama A&M linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. has died one month after suffering a severe head injury during a game. Burnett, a redshirt freshman from Lakewood, California, was involved in a head-to ...

The Alabama A&M athletic department announced Burnett's death Wednesday morning, citing an immediate family member, but the university later issued a retraction at 6:13 ET and stated that Burnett ...

Alabama A&M linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. has died one month after suffering a severe head injury during a game. Burnett, a redshirt freshman from Lakewood, California, was involved in a head-to-head ...

Medrick Burnett Jr, a 20-year-old linebacker at Alabama A&M University, succumbed to a head injury he suffered during the Magic City Classic on Oct. 26.

It happens in various communities throughout the country every year, to high-school players. This week, Medrick Burnett Jr. of Alabama A&M died of a head injury he sustained on the field last month.