ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Tech coach Brent Key stated Jaylen Mbakwe was speaking and responsive after a scary collision that had him stretchered off the sector within the third quarter of the Yellow Jackets’ 45-24 loss to No. 18 Tennessee on Saturday evening.
Mbakwe collided head-first with Jordan Walker’s knee. Walker was carried off the sector, unable to place any weight on his leg. Mbakwe lay on the sector and appeared immobile for a number of minutes earlier than giving the gang a thumbs-up whereas being stretchered off.
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“Every part was shifting once they moved him off the sector. He was speaking, responsive,” Key stated after the sport. ‘Clearly, I am not going to talk something medically about it, as a result of I do not know.”
The defensive again was taken by ambulance to Grady Hospital, situated three miles from Georgia Tech’s Bobby Dodd Stadium.
“As quickly as I stroll out of right here, that is the place I am going — to test on my man,” Key stated. “However he was speaking, he was shifting and whatnot once they carried him off. That is all I do know at this level.”
It is Mbakwe’s first season with Georgia Tech after transferring from Alabama, the place he performed in 22 video games over two seasons in numerous roles as a cornerback, huge receiver and punt returner.
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