Alabama A&M says player remains in stable condition, hours after announcing his death

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Alabama A&M says player ******** in stable condition, hours after announcing his ******

Alabama A&M linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. ******** hospitalized with a head injury suffered in an October game, the school said hours after announcing that he had *****.

The athletic department sent out a retraction Wednesday on the status of Burnett,

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in a game against Alabama State on October 26. The second statement said that the initial news of Burnett’s ****** came “from an immediate family member on Tuesday evening.”

“Our staff acted accordingly to the wishes of the family member to inform the A&M community and beyond of this unfortunate occurrence,” Wednesday evening’s statement said. “Upon hearing from a representative from UAB Hospital this afternoon, we learned that he ******** alive.

“We express our immediate regret for disseminating false information. However, we hold complete joy in knowing that Medrick ******** in stable condition.”

A statement on the

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page for Burnett said Wednesday: “Please pray he is having a tough time but we are holding on til the very end. **** give us strength so we can keep the ******.”

The redshirt freshman from Lakewood, California, joined Alabama A&M’s team over the summer after starting his college career at Grambling State.

Burnett played in seven games and made five tackles, including three against Austin Peay.

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