The University of Maryland and Jordan McNair’s family agreed to a $ 3.5 million deal, their parents Marty McNair and Tonya Wilson announced on Friday.
The figure is yet to be approved on January 27 at a Maryland Public Works Council meeting, ESPN reported. The deal was approved by university officials and the prosecutor’s office to be paid in full, according to WTOP News.
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“This has been a long and painful struggle, but we will try to find a closure, although this is a wound that will never, ever, heal completely,” said Marty McNair and Tonya Wilson in a joint statement.
“We are focused on honoring Jordan’s legacy so that his death was not in vain. This includes protecting student athletes at all levels of competition, raising awareness, education and preventing all heat-related illnesses, training student athletes and introduce legislation across the country. that no parent should have to wait that long for closure when their child has been treated unfairly or unfairly. “
The deal came more than two years after striker Jordan McNair died of heat stroke during training and scrutiny about how the football program dealt with his death and training during a heat wave before the 2018 season began.
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In September 2018, an independent investigation found that the trainers at McNair’s collapse site did not follow proper procedures to help him. The investigation found 1 hour and 39 minutes between McNair’s collapse and the ambulance leaving the football field.
McNair was hospitalized on May 29, 2018 and died on June 13 of that year. He was 18 years old.
The then technician DJ Durkin was later dismissed and the chairman of the Board of Regents, James Brady, removed. Durkin later became a defensive coordinator and linebacker trainer at Ole Miss.
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After the teenager’s death, the Jordan McNair Foundation was created to help inform football coaches of the signs that a player is having heat stroke or being affected by the heat.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.