Mother of the Archer football player who died in the field

Gwinnett County, GA. – – The mother of a former football player of the Archer High School, who died after the collapse of a college football practice, donated a life-saving donation to a colleague Gwinnett County High School on Tuesday.

Michelle Wilson gave the athletics department of the Seckinger High School in memory of her son Nick Blakely.

Who is Nick Blakely?

The background story:

Nick Blakely was a graduate of the Archer High School, who then played the college football of Division 1 at the Foron University in Florida.

Blakely had dreams of going to the NFL at some point. These dreams were depressed when he collapsed in the field during a football practice in 2017.

Blakely died in the field. It was later found that he suddenly had cardiac arrest.

What is a sudden cardiac arrest?

What we know:

Sudden cardiac arrest is a life -threatening illness in which a person's heart suddenly stops beating properly.

It is the main cause for student athletes on the school premises.

There are often no warning signs, but the symptoms are chest pain, shortness of breath, dizziness or palpitations during activity.

One of 300 young people has a demonstrable heart disease that could lead to a sudden cardiac arrest. 80 percent have no symptoms before they get into a cardiac arrest.

Why should you take care of it:

The death of Blakely and the student of the Buford Middle School, Jeremy Nelson's death in 2013, prompted the legislature of the state of Georgia to adopt a legislative template according to which the student athletes were learned to sign a sudden cardiac arrest and checked by trainers every year. The governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp, signed the law on May 2, 2019.

Through the Nick Blakely Foundation, Wilson keeps her son's legacy alive and tries to prevent other student athletes from suffering from the same fate as her son.

She donated almost a dozen defibrillators to sports groups and schools across the state. On Tuesday she gave an AED to the Seckinger High School.

Wilson has also teamed up with Gwinnett County Parks to organize annual cardiac screening clinics that are free for every year at the age of 10 to 22 years.

What's next:

The next free screening clinic will take place on March 22nd in Rhodes Jordan Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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