Getty Alabama A&M is pictured in a game against the Auburn Tigers on August 31, 2024. Alabama A&M football player Medrick Burnett Jr., #51, is still alive, the university said in a statement on Wednesday, November 27, after erroneously announcing that he had died from an injury during a football game. The university retracted the announcement after a UAB hospital representative told them he was still alive. Alabama A&M Sports Information Director Brian Howard told WVTM 13 that Burnett “remains