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Alabama A&M football linebacker from SoCal dies after head injury in game.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- An Alabama A&M football player from Southern California who suffered a head injury during a game in October has died.
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 against in-state rivals Alabama State University on Oct. 26, the Jefferson County coroner said in a statement Friday.
The coroner listed his official time of death as Wednesday evening.
The Alabama A&M athletic department announced Burnett's death on Wednesday morning and then sent out a retraction later that day. The second statement said that the initial news of Burnett's death came "from an immediate family member on Tuesday evening."