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16-year-old high school football player dies of brain injury sustained during game

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A high school football star has died after suffering a brain injury during a game on Friday night, his school and family have confirmed.

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Quarterback Caden Tellier, 16, was injured during a tackle in the third quarter, playing for the John T. Morgan Academy, a private school in Selma, Alabama, versus Southern Academy.

His mother, Arsella Slagel Tellier, said in a Facebook post on Saturday: “Everyone who knows Caden has known kindness, generosity and love, and true to his nature, he is giving of himself one more time.”

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