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Report: High school player tragically dies from injuries sustained in game

Keith Farner

By Keith Farner

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A Mississippi football player who suffered a neck injury in a recent game and was airlifted off the field has died.

Greenville football player Jeremiah Williams, who spent the last week at a Jackson hospital after he fractured two vertebrae in his neck when he attempted to make a tackle, died on Friday, sources told the Clarion Ledger. A junior cornerback, Williams was put on a ventilator Nov. 3.

Williams fractured the C1 and C4 vertebrae in his neck when he went to make a tackle. CPR was performed on the field. The rest of the game was called off.

People from throughout Mississippi offered their support for Williams as he fought for his life. John Rea, a parent of the opposing team that night, created a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for the Williams family’s hospital bills. The campaign had raised $41,115 by Friday afternoon. The parent originally set a goal of $10,000.

“It is my prayer the Good Lord will put his healing hands on this young man, his family, and community,” Gov. Phil Bryant Tweeted on Sunday. “The entire state of MS is rallying behind you, Jeremiah.”

The booster club of the opponent in the game when Williams was injured, Madison Central, tweeted on Friday the team would wear stickers on its helmets to honor Williams during the Jaguars’ first round playoff game against Oxford Friday night, a decision made before Williams’ death.

 

 

Keith Farner

A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.

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