Death of rising high school football star shakes Georgia team

VIDEO - DJ Searcy was a rising Junior and a defensive lineman who his friends say was loved by all...

A high school student from Georgia passed away recently at a football camp in Florida. DJ Searcy was a rising Junior and a defensive lineman who his friends say was loved by all.

Searcy, who was 16, passed away this morning after he was found unresponsive in his bed. Hundreds of supporters gathered to pay their respects, and members of rival teams put competition aside and joined in, remembering Searcy and his prowess as a player as well as a friend.

“He was so young, and had so much going for him,” said Searcy’s aunt. Searcy’s coach Randy Garrett said that there was “no question” that the football team’s next season would be for Searcy, and that there were “no words” to describe how shaken the team was feeling.

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