Morgan Academy football player dies after Friday night game injury

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Morgan Academy football player dies after Friday night game injury

Caden Tellier, 16, was playing football when he suffered a ‘severe’ brain injury, the private school said

{snip video link}

Caden Tellier, 16, was playing football when he suffered a ‘severe’ brain injury, the private school said. (WSFA)

By WSFA 12 News Staff
Published: Aug. 24, 2024 at 11:50 AM CDT | Updated: 18 hours ago

SELMA, Ala. (WSFA) - Morgan Academy football player Caden Tellier,16, who was rushed to a hospital Friday night after suffering a brain injury sustained during a high school football game, has died, the school confirmed Saturday.

Morgan Academy Headmaster Dr. Bryan Oliver confirmed in a statement to WSFA 12 News that the student passed away from his injuries:

{snip}

Alabama high school football player dies after suffering injury during game: "Lives have been touched by the way he lived"

Updated on: August 25, 2024 / 3:29 PM EDT / CBS/AP

An Alabama high school football player died after he was critically injured during a game on Friday.

Caden Tellier, a 16-year-old junior at Morgan Academy, was hurt following a tackle in the third quarter of the school's game Friday night against Southern Academy in Selma. The school's headmaster, Bryan Oliver, told AL.com the quarterback suffered a brain injury and was flown to the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital Friday night.

{snip}

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Alabama high school football player dies after being injured during game

Updated: Aug. 24, 2024, 10:02 p.m. | Published: Aug. 24, 2024, 10:42 a.m.


Morgan Academy's Caden Tellier was injured during his team's high school game on Friday night. (Facebook photo) Contributed

By Ben Thomas | [e-mail]

The parents of Morgan Academy student-athlete Caden Tellier announced late Saturday afternoon that Tellier has died after suffering a critical brain injury during his team’s game against Southern Academy in Selma on Friday.

Tellier was airlifted to UAB following a third-quarter injury Friday night, according to head of school Dr. Bryan Oliver.

{snip}

Tellier was Morgan Academy’s quarterback. The injury happened following a tackle, according to Oliver.

Oliver said the school will cancel all athletic activities for the next week, including Friday’s scheduled football game at Wilcox Academy.

{snip}

[3Hotdogs]

1. Cancelling football. Just for the week?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Second south Alabama football player dies in just over a week

He wasn’t even the first one this month.

Second south Alabama football player dies in just over a week

“We ask that our entire AISA family and the people of Alabama join us in prayer for peace and comfort Caden’s family and the Morgan Academy community as they navigate this difficult time.”

By Ken Curtis
Published: Aug. 24, 2024 at 1:37 PM CDT

SELMA, Ala. (WTVY) -For the second time in barely a week, an Alabama high school football player has collapsed the latest incident during a medical attack on Friday.

Alabama Independent School Association executive director Michael McLendon said in a statement that Caden Tellier, a Morgan Academy player, suffered a brain injury.

Morgan Academy confirmed to Gray station WSFA that Caden Tellier died Saturday afternoon. … The exact nature of the injury is not precise.

{snip}

14-year-old Semaj Wilkins, a New Brockton High School player, died August 13th after collapsing at a preseason practice. … The cause of his death remains under investigation.

Copyright 2024 WTVY. All rights reserved.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. AHSAA Medical Director: Football is 'still safe' sport despite recent deaths

High School Sports
AHSAA Medical Director: Football is ‘still safe’ sport despite recent deaths

Published: Aug. 27, 2024, 10:57 a.m.

?auth=97710f6a25246dcca41f38e1973a1ba93263afc6d5472acdc255b52337befb67&width=1280&quality=90
Morgan Academy's Caden Tellier died following an injury in the third quarter of Friday's high school football game. (Photo Courtesy of Morgan Academy).Contributed

By Ben Thomas | [e-mail]

Veteran doctor and AHSAA medical director James Robinson said this week that, while it is unusual to have two football-related deaths in Alabama this early in a season, football remains a safe sport.

On Monday, family and friends in Selma continued to mourn the death of 16-year-old Morgan Academy student Caden Tellier, who died Saturday after suffering a critical brain injury in Friday’s Alabama Independent School Association Game.

Earlier this month, New Brockton 14-year-old freshman Semaj Wilkins died after collapsing during a mid-week practice. Coffee County coroner Arnold Woodham told AL.com on Monday that he is still awaiting the final autopsy report on Wilkins, who played in the Alabama High School Athletic Association.

There have been at least five football-related deaths nationwide this summer. Robinson, also the retired head team physician for the University of Alabama as well as the current medical director for the AHSAA, answered six questions from AL.com this week about safety of the sport, protocols for students in the AHSAA specifically (the AISA is a separate organization) and what he would tell parents who may be deciding if their children can play football.

{snip}