Alabama AM Football Player Medrick Burnett Jr., 20, Dies Over a Month After In-Game Injury

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Alabama AM Football Player Medrick Burnett Jr., 20, Dies Over a Month After In-Game Injury

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Medrick Burnett Jr., a 20-year-old Alabama college football player who was hospitalized after a head injury sustained during an October game, has now died over a month later. The Jefferson County Coroner's Office confirmed to PEOPLE that Burnett — whose school Alabama A M University had previously retracted a false death announcement earlier this week — died on Wednesday, Nov. 27, at 5:43 p.m. local time. The corner said that Burnett "received an injury while playing in the Magic City Classic football game" at Legion Field in Birmingham on Oct.
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