Rawleigh Williams suffers scary injury against Auburn
Arkansas running back Rawleigh Williams suffered a scary injury on Saturday against Auburn.
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UPDATE (2:06 p.m.)
Williams suffered a neck injury, but is moving all of his extremities.
Rawleigh Williams suffered a neck injury & is moving all of his extremities. He & his family have been taken to a hospital for observation
— Arkansas Razorback Football (@RazorbackFB) October 24, 2015
ORIGINAL
There was a scary moment in Saturday’s Auburn-Arkansas game when Razorbacks running back Rawleigh Williams went down with an injury. The freshman back took a handoff on 1st-and-10 and rushed for one yard before being pulled down. Auburn was issued a facemask penalty on the play.
Staff immediately came out to attend Williams, as his teammates huddled around, some in prayer.
#Arkansas team huddled around RB Raleigh Williams III as he was injured on last play. #AUBvsARK pic.twitter.com/FWWnJe9hob
— Duane Rankin (@DuaneRankin) October 24, 2015
Immediately following the injury, Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema repeatedly went over to Williams’ mother, who was in the stands, for a conference after which she entered the field.
Bielema went straight over to the stands to talk what appears to be Raleigh Williams' mom. She is now on the field.
— Bo Mattingly (@SportandStoryBo) October 24, 2015
Prior to going down, Williams was having a moderately productive game. He had rushed four times for 18 yards and helped the Razorbacks keep serve in a back-and-forth contest.
The freshman Williams came to Arkansas as a three-star prospect out of Bishop Lynch, Texas. He entered Saturday’s game as the team’s second leading rusher with 236 yards on 52 carries, with one rushing touchdown to his name.
As of post there has been no injury update on Williams. He has been taken to a local hospital for precautionary measures, and was responsive while being carted off the field by team trainers.
Arkansas RB Rawleigh Williams headed to hospital for "precautionary reasons." He was interacting and communicating w/ trainer, per SEC Net
— Brandon Marcello (@bmarcello) October 24, 2015