Mississippi player collapses, dies at football practice In Mississippi, a Mount Olive High School football player collapsed during practice Wednesday and died at a hospital later. Lonnie Magee, 17, is the second football player to die in Covington County this summer. James Shorts died during an informal workout in July after an aortic aneurysm ruptured. Covington County Coroner Chris DaQuila said he is not sure what killed Magee. "It could have been heat stroke," he said. "It could have been something else. I just don't know right now." Temperatures were in the high 90s across central Mississippi on Wednesday. FIND MORE STORIES IN: Wednesday | Jackson | Mississippi | High School football | Dyer | Magee The team had just finished a water break when Magee, a junior lineman, collapsed, Mount Olive player Jason McNair said in an article at www.clarionledger.com. "We always take water breaks because it's so hot and what's happened with other players," McNair said. "We started back practicing and all of a sudden he just fell." Magee's body was sent to Jackson for an autopsy. Meanwhile, in Tennessee, the father of a Gibson County High School football player who collapsed during practice and later died says there was no need to perform an autopsy. "We just thought it was pointless," said Tom Orr, Will Orr's father. "We felt confident that it didn't have anything to do with heat or practicing." Will Orr, 16, was a junior on the team that was having its third practice of the year in full pads. He collapsed Aug. 1, a half-hour into practice, and was taken by ambulance to a Dyer, Tenn., hospital, where he died. High temperatures in Dyer, about 30 miles north of Jackson, Tenn., were in the upper 90s when the player collapsed. "We think he had some unknown medical condition," Tom Orr said. "I think it was just a very unfortunate situation." He said the school is working on a memorial for his son, including covering his old metal locker with Plexiglas to display his jersey. Head coach Jason Dyer said coaches were careful not to work the teenage players too hard. Dyer said it is "almost a little comforting" to know the player's father didn't believe Will Orr's death was heat-related. "But it doesn't change the fact you lost a player," Dyer said. "There may be some sense of relief, but it's still like losing a child." Authorities have not released the cause of death.