An Alabama A&M football player from Southern California who suffered a head injury during a game in October has died.

Medrick Burnett Jr., a 20-year-old Alabama college football player, died on Nov. 27, over a month after he was hospitalized following an in-game head injury. The Jefferson County Coroner's Office confirmed Burnett's death two days after his school retracted a false death announcement.

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 in Birmingham against in-state rivals Alabama State University on October 26, the Jefferson County coroner said in a statement Friday.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- An Alabama A & M football player who suffered a head injury during a game in October has died.

Linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. sustained a head injury in an October game against Alabama State and had been hospitalized ever since.

Alabama A&M linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr has died just hours after his death was incorrectly announced in a statement put out by the college. Burnett, 20, was pronounced dead on Wednesday at 5:43pm,

Alabama A&M linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr.’s death was confirmed Nov. 29, according to NBC News, two days after the school issued a retraction for prematurely announcing his passing.

In a heartbreaking turn of events, Medrick Burnett Jr., a promising linebacker for Alabama A&M University, has passed away at the young age of 20.

Medrick Burnett Jr., a 20-year-old linebacker for Alabama A&M University, has passed away after sustaining a head injury during a football game in October.

Medrick Burnett Jr., a student at Alabama A&M, died on Wednesday night after suffering a head injury playing in a football game in October. Jefferson County Deputy Coroner AJ Clifton confirmed the tragic news to The Athletic on Friday.