Seth Russell Injury: Baylor QB suffers ugly lower-leg injury vs. Oklahoma (Video)
Baylor Bears quarterback Seth Russell suffered a devastating lower-leg injury against Oklahoma and his college football career is likely over.
Seth Russell has already overcome a great deal to be where he is as the starting quarterback for the Baylor Bears. He was leading the nation in touchdown passes last year before suffering a broken bone in his neck that ended his season.
He worked tirelessly to come back from that injury and brushed aside all the ugliness involving an ongoing Title IX investigation at Baylor to put forth a strong season. However, Russell is met with his biggest challenge yet after suffering a gruesome injury (warning: video is graphic) against the Oklahoma Sooners in the third quarter of Saturday’s game.
Russell left ankle was caught as he was tackled and he couldn’t pivot so it appeared on television that he suffered a fractured leg and/or ankle. Granted, this is the medical opinion of some dude watching on television, but he was carted off the field with his leg in an air cast and ESPN broadcaster referred to the injury as a fracture.
The early diagnosis from Baylor is that Russell suffered a dislocated ankle.
According to Baylor, Seth Russell has been diagnosed with a dislocated ankle and is getting an x-ray at the stadium.
— Jake Trotter (@Jake_Trotter) November 12, 2016
More details will be revealed when Russell gets to the hospital and they can perform a more thorough investigation of the injury than what broadcasters and couch analysts can provide. However, it looks like Russell’s season and his career at Baylor is over.
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He would have been a prospect that could have intrigued NFL teams but his availability for the NFL combine and pre-draft workouts is in question as he begins another lengthy rehab.
Instead of watching replay of Seth Russell's gruesome injury… Watch this. Notice how much respect the OU stars have for this quarterback. pic.twitter.com/oIRtAIfCrz
— Abigail Ogle📝 (@KOCOAbigail) November 12, 2016
We wish Russell a quick and full recovery and hope to see him pursuing his dream of professional football real soon.
It was great to see Russell shaking hands with players from Oklahoma before he was carted off in a great show of respect for their Big 12 brother whose college career is likely over far too soon.