CLAYTON, N.C. (WTVD) -- Cleveland High School's football team was down 10-7 at Southeast Raleigh High School in the third quarter Friday night when play stopped.

Cleveland wide receiver Krisjon Clark was double teamed and hit hard by an opponent. He immediately collapsed.

Play stopped.

They were cutting his jersey and cutting his shoulder pads ... and he wasn't responding. He was kind of just laying there lifeless. I'm praying and I'm asking God... - Kris Clark, father

An athletic trainer for the school quickly rushed to Krisjon's side with an automated external defibrillator (AED) and immediately began compressions.

"I was yelling 'Jesus, Jesus'', said his mother, LaTasha Clark. "And (my husband) was jumping over one fence and I was jumping over the other and putting my hands up.

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