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[Music] Florida high school football player dies  after game becoming the school Year's latest   tragedy a beloved Florida high school football  player died after he collapsed during a game   Friday night school officials say bringing the  number of recent known deaths among high school   athletes to seven chance Gainer a senior  at Port St Joe High School on Florida's pen   was playing cornerback during an away game  at Liberty County High School when he fell   to the ground right before halftime Gulf  District school superintendent Jim Norton   told CNN on Saturday he is an exceptional young  man that you can make a hero out of Norton said   I would call Chance a friend less than a month  after celebrating his 18th birthday Gainer was   pronounced dead at an area hospital Norton said  leaving his parents and siblings behind to cont   with a future without him the national Federation  of State High School associations said last week   that six high school student athletes died within  the past month four of them from heart issues and   two from being hit according to the Associated  Press Gainer death brings that number to seven   those deaths include at least three student  football players in the US who have died since   the start of the new school year as CNN previously  reported Alabama teen samach Wilkins died August   13th after a medical emergency during football  practice at New Brockton High School according   to CNN affiliate wdhn Caden Tellier 16 suffered  a fatal brain injury in his season opener the   same day 13-year-old Cohen kraic died after a  collision in football practice Gainer cause of   death has not been released CNN reached out to the  medical examiner's office in Pensacola Florida for   more information Norton says Gainer was walking  back to a defensive huddle after taking a water   break when he collapsed and was unconscious the  superintendent said he did not know if Gainer   had any medical conditions the number of children  getting injured on the field has risen in recent   years overall injuries due to youth participation  in football showed a dramatic decline from 2013   to 2019 plateau in 2020 coinciding with covid-19  lockdowns and heading back up in 2021 according to   the most recent figures from the US consumer  product safety commission Gainer scored two   touchdowns on the night of his death Norton said  leading the team to Victory gainor's death has   shaken the small Beachside community of Port  St Joe Norton says the high school there has   about 500 students and is very close-knit School  staff and friends and Community clergy gathered at   Port St Joe High School following the tragedy  just to be together and to love on the family   who joined them as soon as they returned to town  Norton said in a statement Gainer had recently   visited Vanderbilt University in Nashville where  he had hoped to play football according to Norton   academically he had the grades Norton said he was  excited to death about the possibility of going to   Vanderbilt for the educational opportunity that  it would have afforded him chance is remember   by his parents siblings and his junior high  school sweetheart who is a cheerleader for   the high school football team Norton said  Gainer was warm and quiet by Nature principal   [ __ ] Godwin said in a statement you may not  have heard chance in the crowd but you could   see his smile from across the room she said  CNN's meline hulc contributed to this report