A 14-year-old high school football player from Alabama passed away Tuesday afternoon after collapsing during practice.

“He was identified as 14-year-old Semaj Wilkins, a varsity player and a freshman at New Brockton High School, according to Coffee County Coroner Arnold Woodham,” WSFA reports.

Wilkins was “given CPR on the field after suffering a medical emergency and later taken to the hospital,” the New York Post noted.

WSFA reports:

Semaj was taken to Medical Center Enterprise by Enterprise Rescue, where he died.

“While additional details will be released later, I am asking the community to continue to be in prayer for his family, his teammates, his coaches, and all effected by the tragic loss of Mr. Wilkins,” Woodham said.

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Coffee County Schools Superintendent Kelly Cobb said the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department and the District Attorney’s office are investigating the death, and the school district is fully cooperating with the agencies.

A cause of death has not yet been released.

“Semaj was a young man who brought joy and inspiration to his peers, teammates, coaches, and faculty members. His loss will be deeply felt by everyone who knew him,” Cobb wrote in a statement, according to the New York Post.

From the New York Post:

Regina Johnson-Adams, Wilkins’ mother, told WDHN, a television station in Dothan, Alabama, that her son had a “love for sports.”

She said she wasn’t aware of any underlying health issues in her son before his passing.

“At this time, I know that my son was healthy…It was probably something that we missed,” Johnson-Adams said, per WDHN. “You never know because we do have underlying health problems in our family.”

The latest tragedy comes just over a week after a high school football player in Virginia passed away on the field after a similar collapse at practice.

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