An autopsy concluded that traumatic brain injury from a helmet-to-helmet hit during practice caused the death of a Frostburg State University football player last month, his father said Tuesday. Kenneth Sheely of Germantown said the family is convinced that Derek Sheely's death was accidental. "Derek would want people to know this was an accident," he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. The 22-year-old senior fullback died Aug. 28, six days after he collapsed during practice at the campus in Frostburg. His father said Derek agreed to donate his organs before he died. The university posthumously awarded him a bachelor of science degree with honors in liberal studies. Read more: http://espn.go.com/college-football...e-player-derek-sheely-death-according-autopsy
