SUP Magazine: College Football Star Dead After On-Field Injury
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Medrick Burnett Jr., an up-and-coming linebacker at Alabama A&M University, has died a month after suffering a traumatic in-game head injury. Burnett Jr., who joined the team earlier this year, reportedly suffered a head-on cranial collision while defending a kickoff in the team's annual rivalry game against Alabama State on Oct. 26. The university announced his death in a statement Nov. 27. "Today, our Bulldog family is heartbroken by the loss of Medrick Burnett Jr.," Alab...