MCPHERSON, Kan. (AP) - A former McPherson College football player is facing charges in connection to the beating death of a football player at nearby Tabor College in Kansas.

McPherson County Attorney David Page said Monday that 19-year-old Alton Franklin of Dallas, Texas, is charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder. The charges were filed following the death Saturday of 26-year-old Brandon Brown of Sacramento, Calif.

Police have said Brown was found lying unconscious in McPherson, about 25 miles from the Tabor campus in Hillsboro, early Sept. 16. He never regained consciousness.

Messages left with Franklin's attorney, McPherson police and a Tabor spokesman weren't returned Monday. A McPherson College spokesman says Franklin played football last year but wasn't on this year's team. Both are NAIA colleges.

Franklin is being held on $500,000 bond.