A beloved Florida high school football player died after he collapsed during a game Friday night, school officials say, bringing the number of recent known deaths among high school athletes to seven.

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. shrug-outta-hecks

  • GarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Maybe it’s just because I only know very few things, but perhaps the heart issues are commotio cordis? Football is the sport where it seems most likely to happen despite padding because they hit each other so hard, which (with very specific placement and timing) is what causes the condition.