Alabama high school football player dies after suffering injury during game

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- An Alabama precocious schoolhouse shot subordinate died Saturday, a time aft helium was critically injured during a game.

Morgan Academy backmost Caden Tellier was wounded pursuing a tackle successful the 3rd 4th of the school's crippled Friday nighttime against Southern Academy successful Selma, headmaster Bryan Oliver told Al.com. Tellier, a 16-year-old junior, suffered a encephalon wounded and was flown to the University of Alabama astatine Birmingham infirmary Friday night, Oliver said.

Tellier's household announced his decease connected societal media, Al.com reported.

"Our boy, Caden Tellier has met Jesus look to face. We admit each of your prayers, and we covet them for the hard days ahead," their connection said. "Everyone who knows Caden has known kindness, generosity and love, and existent to his nature, helium is giving of himself 1 much time. Lives person been touched by the mode helium lived and present lives volition beryllium saved done his passing."

Oliver confirmed to the quality website that Tellier was an organ donor.

"There are nary words to picture however we consciousness arsenic a schoolhouse assemblage and family," Oliver wrote Saturday nighttime successful a connection connected the school's Facebook page. "Caden volition ne'er beryllium forgotten for who helium was and what helium means to Morgan Academy."

The schoolhouse is canceling each sports activities for the coming week, including this Friday's scheduled shot crippled astatine Wilcox Academy, Oliver said.