Brain Injury | College Football Fullback |Fatality in Frostburg

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Sheely died Sunday at the University of Maryland's R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore less than a week after he collapsed at football practice between routine drills. The cause of Sheely's death is unclear, but his father Kenneth suspects a brain injury was to blame.

"It doesn't really matter how it happened, personally. It's not going to change the situation with Derek. But I want to let it be known that he didn't have some kind of heart condition or other kind of condition. It was severe head trauma," Kenneth Sheely told the New York Times.

Sheely had uncontrollable brain swelling, the Times reported, which may have been caused by successive concussions leading to second impact syndrome.

 

Lawrence Land and his staff send their heartfelt condolences to Derek Sheely's family and friends, this is a very emotional and difficult time in their lives.  Our thoughts are with you.