High school football player dies after suffering brain injury during game [Video]

SELMA, Ala. (WSFA/Gray News) – An Alabama community is mourning the death of a 16-year-old high school football player who was hospitalized after suffering a severe brain injury during a game.

Caden Tellier, 16, was a high school football player at Morgan Academy, a private school in Selma, Alabama. He was rushed to the hospital Friday night after suffering a brain injury during a football game against Southern Academy, WSFA reports.

Tellier died Saturday from his injuries, the school confirmed. The exact nature of the teenager’s injuries is unknown.

“It is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that Caden Tellier has gone to be with his Lord and Savior,” said Dr. Bryan Oliver, the school’s headmaster, in a statement. “Caden loved the Lord with all his heart and was a shining light every day he graced the halls of Morgan Academy. He was a student, a friend, an athlete and, most important, a Christ …