A coroner’s report says Tyler Ulrich, a 21-year-old college football player for Southern Nazarene University (SNU), died from a traumatic brain injury following an on-field helmet-to-helmet collision. All three outlets report that the fatal injuries involved both a traumatic brain injury and internal bleeding.
The coverage also notes that Ulrich died days after he was injured. Yahoo Sports and ESPN specify the timing of the injury and that it occurred during SNU’s Oct. 10 game against Ouachita Baptist, while the New York Post focuses more directly on the coroner-reported cause of death.
Across the reporting, the main point of agreement is the medical explanation in the coroner’s findings: a traumatic brain injury with a brain bleed tied to the helmet-to-helmet impact.
