Alabama high school football player dies after suffering injury during game

A high school football player from Alabama passed away on Friday following serious injuries sustained during a game. During a tackle in the third quarter of Morgan Academy’s game versus Southern Academy on Friday night in Selma, Caden Tellier, a 16-year-old junior, sustained injuries. Bryan Oliver, the headmaster of the school, told CBS News that […] The post Alabama high school football player dies after suffering injury during game appeared first on MyNewsGh.

Aug 26, 2024 - 06:35
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Alabama high school football player dies after suffering injury during game

A high school football player from Alabama passed away on Friday following serious injuries sustained during a game.

During a tackle in the third quarter of Morgan Academy’s game versus Southern Academy on Friday night in Selma, Caden Tellier, a 16-year-old junior, sustained injuries.

Bryan Oliver, the headmaster of the school, told CBS News that the quarterback had sustained a brain injury. On Friday evening, he was transported by air to the University of Alabama in Birmingham Hospital.

The parents of the deceased took to social media to make public the death of their son.

“Our boy, Caden Tellier has met Jesus face to face. We appreciate all of your prayers, and we covet them for the hard days ahead,” their statement on Facebook said. “Everyone who knows Caden has known kindness, generosity and love, and true to his nature, he is giving of himself one more time. Lives have been touched by the way he lived and now lives will be saved through his passing.”

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