At least 7 middle and high school football players have died in August

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Cohen Craddock’s family and loved ones are mourning the loss of the friendly eighth-grader who loved being on the football team at Madison Middle School in West Virginia, days after Cohen suffered a head injury during practice.

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Cohen died over the weekend, in the latest tragedy involving a young football player. At least six other school athletes have died this month — at practices, games or after a practice.

“You’re in disbelief,” Cohen’s father, Ryan Craddock, told local TV station WSAZ. “You wish it was a bad dream you could wake up from. It’s agony inside. I can’t put words to. It’s terrible.”

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