UNIVERSITY PARK — SMU defensive again AJ Davis was taken off the sphere in an ambulance throughout the second quarter of Saturday's recreation in opposition to Pitt at Gerald J. Ford Stadium.
Davis, a sophomore, suffered the harm whereas taking part in protection on a kickoff late within the second quarter. He was escorted by SMU coaching workers onto the sphere earlier than an ambulance rolled in minutes later. Davis was positioned on a stretcher, loaded into an ambulance and brought off the sphere after a delay with 1:46 left within the first half.
He was taken to Baylor Hospital, in accordance with SMU, the place he’s being evaluated by medical workers.
“He was transferring the whole lot, he was alert, in order that's optimistic.” SMU head coach Rhett Lashlee mentioned throughout his halftime interview on the ACC Community. “Clearly he had some soreness in his throat so that they had been simply very cautious…
“We’re very optimistic, however [it was] clearly fairly scary.”
A Skyline alum, Davis has performed in all 9 of SMU's video games this season.
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