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Marcellus Young Casario, a 2027 Georgia football commit, died Friday after a "sudden medical emergency," according to his high school. ESPN reported that the three-star defensive lineman from Canada was an 18-year-old senior at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School, a boarding school in northeast Georgia, and that the school confirmed his identity in a social media post on Saturday. The school said Friday that a boarding student had a medical incident, that its emergency protocols were followed, and that local emergency personnel took the student to hospital. It postponed its football team's state semifinal playoff game against Cannon School that night. Casario had started his football career at St. Andrew's College in Aurora, Ontario, and transferred to Rabun Gap before his junior season in 2025 to pursue a college scholarship. He committed to Georgia on June 15. Coach Derek White called him "everything a coach wants in a player." No other details have been released.