Julia StumbaughNovember 3, 2024
SMU protective back AJ Davis was stretchered off the field and required to a regional healthcare facility after suffering an injury that led to neck discomfort in the 2nd quarter of Saturday night's home video game versus Pitt.
Davis appeared to suffer the injury after his helmet reached returner Tyreek Robinson on a tried take on.
Chris Vannini @ChrisVannini
SMU's AJ Davis has actually been placed on a stretcher and taken into an ambulance. > Looks like Davis' head got clipped by the returner as he attempted to make a take on. > On television, coach Rhett Lashlee indicated the back of his own neck and appeared to inform SMU gamers “I believe he's okay.”
Billy Embody @BillyEmbody
The ambulance is drawn out for > #SMU > Great work here by medical personnel to move fast. Davis' household is out there now, too. He'll run out here quite rapidly to a regional medical facility. > Keep him in your ideas this evening.
The SMU redshirt sophomore was taken into a neck brace while being filled into the ambulance. Davis' household, all using his No. 14, came onto the field at Gerald J. Ford Stadium throughout the interruption in play, per Vannini.
Lashlee stated in an interview aired on the ACC Network that the group was “extremely positive” about Davis' status (h/t On3's Billy Embody.)
“We do not understand for sure. He was moving whatever, he looked out so that's favorable,” Lashlee stated. “Obviously, he had some discomfort in his neck so they were simply being additional mindful. That's the most I understand so we're really positive, however certainly, quite frightening.”
Davis, who signed up with SMU in 2022, is a Dallas regional who was playing in his 20th video game for the Mustangs. He had actually tape-recorded 4 deals with and one pass defensed in 8 video games this season heading into Saturday's match with No. 18 Pitt.
