Alabama A&M football linebacker from Southern California dies after head injury in game

Medrick Burnett Jr., 29, of Lakewood, Calif., was playing his first season as a linebacker with Alabama A&M when he suffered a head injury. An Alabama A&M football player from Southern California who suffered a head injury during a game in October has died, officials said. Medrick Burnett Jr., 20, was playing his first season as a linebacker with Alabama A&M when he sustained the injury during the annual Magic City Classic against in-state rival Alabama State on Oct. 26, the Jefferson County coroner said in a statement Friday. The second statement said the initial news of Burnett’s death came “from an immediate family member on Tuesday evening.” The redshirt freshman from Lakewood joined Alabama A&M over the summer after starting his college career at Grambling State, according to the athletics department.