Navy Running Back Collapses at Practice

A freshman running back on the Navy football team collapsed during spring practice Saturday morning and was airlifted to a hospital.

Will McKamey was taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Unit, according to a Navy official. He was receiving medical care Saturday night.

McKamey, a member of the Third Company at the Naval Academy, is a 2013 graduate of Grace Christian Academy in Tennessee.

He was an All-State selection and was named Mr. Football for the state of Tennessee as a senior.

According to statement released by the school, β€œThe entire Naval Academy family is shaken by this turn of events and we are providing all the support we can to Will and his family.”

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