A teenage star who suffered brain damage during an American football game on Friday night has died, his school and family confirmed.

Quarterback Caden Tellier, 16, was injured during a tackle in the third quarter while playing for John T. Morgan Academy, a private school in Selma, Alabama, against Southern Academy.

His mother, Arsella Slagel Tellier, wrote in a Facebook post Saturday: “Anyone who knows Caden knows kindness, generosity and love. And true to his nature, he gives of himself once more.”

“The way he lived his life touched lives and now lives will be saved by his passing,” she said.

The specifics of what happened in the moments leading up to and during the tackle are unclear. A GoFundMe page to cover funeral expenses, which has already raised $75,000 of a $100,000 goal, said Tellier died of a “traumatic brain injury.” The GoFundMe page also notes that Tellier was an organ donor.

Morgan Academy Principal Dr. Bryan Oliver said in a statement to NBC affiliate WSFA of Montgomery that “there are no words to describe how we feel as a school community and a family.” Morgan Academy has about 350 students.

“It is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that Caden Tellier has gone to be with his Lord and Savior. Caden loved the Lord with all his heart and was a shining light every day that he graced the halls of Morgan Academy,” he said.

Michael McLendon, executive director of the Alabama Independent School Association, said in a statement that he supported the school’s decision to cancel all classes and activities this week, “giving the community time to come together, reflect and support each other during this heartbreaking time.”

“As a small school, Morgan Academy feels this tragedy even more deeply,” McLendon said. The school has 339 students, according to its website.

Tellier’s death is the latest in a string of deaths involving high school football players. A West Texas high school player also died of a head injury in 2022, while a student died during a football practice in Florida in 2021 and a 15-year-old boy died after collapsing during a practice in Georgia the same year.