Texas Football Standout Dies on Field

(Sept. 18) -- A Texas high school's star quarterback died after collapsing on the field Friday night.

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Reggie Garrett was a senior and straight-A student at West Orange Stark High School in eastern Texas. His family said he had a history of seizures.

Garrett jogged to the sidelines after throwing his second touchdown pass with nine minutes left in the game's second quarter. The team's medic rushed to him as he collapsed, and he was loaded into an ambulance as the game continued. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital around 9:30 p.m. local time. An autopsy is planned.

Garrett collapsed during the game and died later that evening.The 6-foot-2, 175-pound quarterback appeared to have suffered a seizure, his coach Dan Hooks told The Beaumont Enterprise. Hooks said Garrett's mother told him that her son had also experienced another seizure "maybe three years ago."

Assistant Coach Cornel Thompson said Garrett trotted to the sidelines, where his teammates noticed that something was wrong. "Kids tapped me on the shoulder and said, 'Coach, Reggie,'" Thompson told the same paper. "I turned around and seen him on his knees and then moved him on his side. They thought he was having a seizure."

Garrett's team went on to win the game 27-to-6, against another school from Jasper, Texas. After the game, players, coaches and parents gathered at the 50-yard line to kneel down and absorb the news of Garrett's death, local TV station KBMT reported.

Later many of them visited the Baptist Orange Hospital where Garrett's body lay. "Most of the community was here at the hospital," hospital spokeswoman Susan Courtney told CNN. "There was hundreds of people in the parking lot, there was people in the waiting room, cheerleaders, drill team, band members, community support by the hundreds."

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[TheBuckeyefan12]

So, he just.....collapsed? No disrespect or anythings but like was he drinking enough water?..

R.I.P

[DeadminiMau5]

....and the search for RyuLoki's fucked up comment begins

[bamaisnumberone]

@RyuLoki yeah but he was just 18 years old at the most. thats fucking horrible bottom line.

[RyuLoki]

@a6179512 Hmm. Well, at least he died doin' what he loved.

R.I.P.

[RefugeeOfRap]

@RyuLoki ok 

[paige2841]

My daughters were their to in support for their from on the field, He was a great player and the girls were their for when their athletic trainer was affected by this as well as he knew all of yall and was affected by this may his name always live on , in vidor I know student counsel raised alot of money to help out with the family , May he rest in peace

[RyuLoki]

@RefugeeOfRap The play. I wanted to know if it was from injury or something else entirely.

Well, I came across an article that basically states it was something else. Otherwise, I don't make a point to watch someone die. Seen it in real life once, wasn't exciting or fun. :/

[RefugeeOfRap]

@RyuLoki wait you wanted to see the last play of him or you just wanted to see him die

[RyuLoki]

@RefugeeOfRap ... The name of the video doesn't state if it shows pictures, or a play. Actually, it even IMPLIES that it's a VIDEO of the player dieing on the field. (Which he didn't, he died in a hospital.)

So, I had to click the video, in order to see the contents. Once I saw it wasn't a video, I made my comment that I wanted to see the play.

There, is the explanation clear enough for you to understand? Get some help yourself moron.

[RefugeeOfRap]

@RyuLoki ok you come to a video showing his last pics but you wanna see a play. i dont get it, get some help please