Originally from California, Burnett Jr started his collegiate career at Grambling State in Louisiana. Scott says he is devastated to learn about Burnett Jr's death. “I’m tryin ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. ( WAFF /Gray News) - A college football player in Alabama has died after being injured during a game last ...

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 linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. has died, approximately five weeks after suffering an injury in a head-to-head ...

Medrick Burnett Jr., a 20-year-old Alabama college football player, died on Nov. 27, over a month after he was hospitalized ...

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

Burnett, 20, was pronounced dead on Wednesday at 5:43pm, according to a coroner's report. Earlier that morning, Alabama A&M ...

Alabama A&M linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. died Wednesday after succumbing to injuries he sustained during a football game on Oct. 26. He was just 20 years old.

Medrick Burnett Jr., 20, was hurt Oct. 26 when the Bulldogs took on Alabama State in an annual gridiron game known as the ...