MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WMOT) -- Siegel High School’s football team had a surprise supporter cheering them on from the sidelines at last night’s home game in Murfreesboro.
The Tennessean reports former Siegel football player Baylor Bramble and his family showed up for the game against Ravenwood.
Bramble suffered a traumatic brain injury during a Siegel game nearly a year ago. The then 16-year-old left the game complaining of a headache. Later that night he was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
Bramble spent months in rehabilitation facilities in Georgia and Tennessee and continues to receive therapy.
Bramble watched the game from a wheelchair.
Siegel High’s football team this year began using football helmets equipped with special sensors. The sensors record the force of impacts to a player’s head and alerts coaches of any dangerously hard hits.