Two players died as a result of playing college football on Saturday

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Saturday was one of the deadliest for college football in decades
One of the deadliest college football Saturdays in decades has added to one of the deadliest college football years in decades.

Midwestern State cornerback Robert Grays died Tuesday after suffering an apparent serious neck injury while making a tackle Saturday against Texas A&M-Kingsville, the school confirmed early Wednesday.

Grays was one of two college football players who played Saturday to die and the fifth college football player to die this year. Prior to Saturday, there had been five deaths total "directly due to [college] football" since 2002, according to the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research.

The last time two college players died in the same year playing the game was 2011, according to the NCCSIR. When medical examinations are finalized, two may have died on the same day Saturday.

College of Wooster senior offensive lineman Clayton Geib died Monday after reportedly cramping and hyperventilating in the locker room following Saturday's game against Ohio Wesleyan. No immediate cause of death was determined. Geib's organs were being donated.

 

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Saturday was one of the deadliest for college football in decades

 

[Sgt Brutus]

Wow.. no words.. hope they are in a better place. Puts the game into perspective.

 

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20 years from now, I'd be surprised if there was football being played at the level it is played now.

 

[UNA Lion]

TAMU-Kingsville is a Division II team, so assume the school they were playing is too. Would be interesting to learn about the tackle that killed that young man - if it was a form of targeting, can see why the practice is so heavily penalized.

 

[Inquisitor95]

Heard about the Midwestern State player but haven't seen the play where it happened.

Didn't know about the other death at all. Wow.

 

[MarkOU]

Broke his neck making the tackle. Damn that's rough.