Earlier this month, Tyler Ulrich, a safety for Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma, a Division II program, was hospitalized on Oct. 10 and died five days later from injuries suffered during a game.
Ulrich was injured during an away game against Ouachita Baptist University while involved in a group tackle, according to head coach Dustin Hada. Paramedics on site attended to Ulrich for nearly an hour on the field before he was transported to a nearby hospital.
The Garland County Coroner’s Office report said that he was “hit helmet to helmet causing the subdural hematoma.” An official cause of death came as coroners revealed he suffered a traumatic brain injury and a brain bleed.
The school previously described his death as the result of a “traumatic injury” but declined to provide further details.…