Jahvid Best Carted Off Field But Escapes Serious Injury
University of California tailback Jahvid Best was carted off the field this evening after he landed on the back of his head when he made a leap over a defender to score a touchdown in the second quarter against the Oregon State Beavers.
It was a horrifying incident that ended up looking a lot worse than it could have been. Last I heard on ESPN, Best has feeling throughout his body and is only suffering from a concussion.
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
For almost 15 minutes on Saturday, Memorial Stadium went quiet. The entire Cal football team gathered on the field, 20 yards from the end zone where Jahvid Best lay immobile, surrounded by a huddle of medical staffers. A wheeled stretcher waited nearby. Most of Best’s teammates knelt, some with their faces hidden in their hands.
The box score from the game would show a 7-yard touchdown run by Best midway through the second quarter, another Heisman Trophy credential for the Bears’ junior tailback. It wouldn’t explain how quickly the exhilaration of seeing Best vault over an Oregon State cornerback turned to horror. A shove by another Oregon State player sent him higher into the air, flipping until he landed so hard on his upper back and shoulders that the force sent his helmet flying off.
From Yahoo! Sports:
Best remained on the ground for an uncomfortably long time, ultimately being carted away on a stretcher with an oxygen mask over his face; the early verdict indicates he does have feeling in all his extremities and is apparently suffering from a concussion.
Best is often compared to another all-purpose Pac-10 speedster, notorious end zone leaper Reggie Bush, and has gone airborne before. It makes for a nice picture, and if he’d somehow picked himself off the turf after this one, the shot would make Sports Illustrated and live on in infamy.
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