BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An Alabama A&M football player who suffered a head injury during a game in October has died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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\u2019s death came \u201cfrom an immediate family member on Tuesday evening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The redshirt freshman from Lakewood, California, joined Alabama A&M\u2019s team over the summer after starting his college career at Grambling State, according to the athletics department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A spokesperson for the department could not be reached by phone on Friday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n