BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An Alabama A&M football player who suffered a head injury during a game in October has died. Medrick Burnett Jr., 20, was playing his first season as a linebacker with Alabama A&M University when he sustained a head injury during the annual Magic City Classic against in-state rivals Alabama State University on Oct. 26, the Jefferson County coroner said in a statement Friday. The coroner listed his official time of death as Wednesday evening. The Alabama A&M athletic department announced Burnett’s death on Wednesday morning and then sent out a retraction later that day. The second statement said that the initial news of Burnett’s death came “from an immediate family member on Tuesday evening.” The redshirt freshman from Mayfair High School in Lakewood, California, joined Alabama A&M’s team over the summer after starting his college career at Grambling State, according to the athletics department. A spokesperson for the department could not be reached by phone on Friday morning. Before beginning his college career, Burnett received an honorable mention for the Long Beach Press-Telegram Football Dream Team for the 2022 season.   RELATED: Former Mayfair of Lakewood football player remains hospitalized; school retracts announcement of death Related Articles College Sports | Fresno State at UCLA football: Who has the edge? College Sports | Notre Dame weaponizing pain of 2022 loss to USC heading into rivalry-week matchup College Sports | UCLA football seeks to snap losing streak against Fresno State in final game of season College Sports | No. 5 Notre Dame football at USC: Who has the edge? College Sports | USC fizzles in 2nd half, routed by Saint Mary’s at Acrisure Classic