A HIGH school football player died at age 16 on Saturday after suffering a brain injury during a game.
Caden Tellier was hit in the head while playing for Morgan Academy against Southern Academy in Selma, Alabama.
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Tellier was airlifted to the hospital but died of his injuries later that evening.
All school activities at Morgan Academy this week have been suspended.
His family issued a heart-wrenching statement after the tragic incident.
“Our boy, Caden Tellier has met Jesus face to face,” it read.
“We appreciate all of your prayers and we covet them for the hard days ahead.
“Everyone who knows Caden has known kindness, generosity and love, and true to his nature, he is giving of himself one more time.
“Lives have been touched by the way he lived and now lives will be saved through his passing.
“We will walk out these next few days alongside him in his earthly body knowing that his spirit is rejoicing in heaven.”
