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.
Chance Gainer, a senior at Port St. Joe High School on Florida’s panhandle, was playing cornerback during an away game at Liberty County High School when he fell to the ground right before halftime, Gulf District Schools Superintendent Jim Norton told CNN on Saturday. “He is an exceptional young man that you can make a hero out of,” Norton said. “I would call Chance a friend.
The superintendent said he did not know if Gainer had any medical conditions. The number of children getting injured on the field has risen in recent years. Overall injuries due to youth participation in football showed a dramatic decline from 2013 to 2019, plateauing in 2020 – coinciding with Covid-19 lockdowns – and heading back up in 2021, according to the most recent figures from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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