Friends are rallying around the family of Khye Hammat, 20, who died from meningococcal disease on Saturday

The passionate young footballer is being remembered in all corners of the state as communities rally to help his family.

A young man who tragically died on Saturday following the sudden onset of the invasive meningococcal disease is being remembered in tributes posted online.

Khye Hammat, 20, became the 12th case of the disease in South Australia this year after contracting the serotype B strain and dying in hospital.

Friends have since rallied around Khye’s mother Nicole and his siblings with a GoFundMe page already raising more than $7000 for the family.

“Nothing can ease the loss of their beautiful boy, but as a community lets embrace Nicole, the boys and family at this time so they can say goodbye to Khye and have time to focus on each other to let the journey of healing begin,” the page said.

A GoFundMe page has already raised more than $7000 for the family of Khye Hammat, 20.

Other friends have taken to Facebook to share their tributes.

“I hope you know just how loved you are,” one friend posted to Facebook.

“Rest easy king, better have a cold one waiting for me up there.”

The North Whyalla Football Club – where Khye played much of his junior football – also extended its condolences.

“During his playing time, Khye was voted and received best team man, a true acknowledgment of who he was,” the club said.

“Khye will be missed by the club, past coaches and his past teammates.”

His loss has been felt as far as Lucindale, in the state’s South East, where Khye worked as a seasonal shearer last year.

“We had the privilege of working with young Khye for the 2020 season,” the Lucindale Shearing Facebook posted.

Lucindale Shearing has extended its condolences to Khye Hammat, family after he spent last year's shearing season working in the state's South East.

“To lose such a young man to Meningococcal so quickly is something so heartbreaking that absolutely no family should ever have to go through.”

Multiple people have been identified as having contact with Khye and 11 have been directed to take clearance antibiotics.

Last week, SA Health reported a baby girl from Adelaide was fighting for life with the W-strain of meningococcal.

The seven-month-old was in a critical condition in hospital, and seven people were identified as close contacts who were prescribed antibiotics.