They haven't released this poor kid's cause of death yet but....
The National Federation of State High School Associations said last week that six high school student athletes died within the past month, four of them from heart issues and two from being hit, according to the Associated Press. Gainer’s death brings that number to seven.
I feel like high school football players dropping dead with heart issues isn't normal. But maybe I'm the weirdo.
It's besides the point but, fucking hell, maybe don't include
this quote
“Academically, he had the grades,” Norton said. “He was excited to death about the possibility of going to Vanderbilt for the educational opportunity that it would have afforded him.”
when talking about a student who just died, CNN
Gotta get out in front of the 'no angel' rhetoric tho.
I think they mean the "excited to death" part
Lol, I know.