BALTIMORE — The young football player who died suddenly after a game at Baltimore's Mervo High School last year was honored with a special project on the Mervo campus.
DTLR, the Baltimore-based clothing company, commissioned a mural honoring Elijah Gorham that was unveiled Friday.
Gorham was a senior when he passed away in October 2021after suffering a head injury during a football game.
The new mural was created by local artist Cody Canty.
Members of the Mervo football program, the Northeast Baltimore community and the Gorham family attended the dedication.
One of Gorham’s former teammates said it's going to feel amazing walking out for games with that mural looking over the the team.
“It's great, it's no other feeling,” Mervo player Jalien Robinson said. “You can't get it nowhere else for real. He did a lot of great things in the classroom, in the hallways. It's just about how he carried himself-- carried himself as a good student on to the field, academics-wise, his grades were good. So, on the field, he translated that to the field and we worked out from there."
Last legislative session the Maryland General Assembly also created a law named after Gorham providing more protection for student-athletes who suffer serious injuries on the field.
