Baylor QB Seth Russell Sustains Extremely Gruesome Leg Injury During Game Against Oklahoma

Baylor quarterback Seth Russell sustained a really gruesome leg injury during a game against Oklahoma on Saturday.

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Baylor quarterback Seth Russell started trending on Twitter at around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, and if you haven’t seen why yet, we should warn you: It’s not for the squeamish. The senior quarterback sustained a leg injury during the second half of Baylor’s game against Oklahoma, and an ESPN replay showed that the injury was extremely gruesome. Again, we want to warn you that it’s incredibly difficult to watch, but this is the play that likely ended Russell’s college football career:

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

Russell was obviously down for a few minutes after breaking his leg, and eventually, an injury cart had to be called out to take him off the field. But before he left, many Oklahoma players paid their respects to him:

Prayers for healing for Seth Russell. https://t.co/oM67SW8YkK

And thank you to @UofOklahoma players & fans for the class you showed.

— Baylor University (@Baylor) November 12, 2016

Baylor thanked the Sooners players for responding the way they did:

Through everything, Seth Russell has been one of the guys Baylor fans could point to and say "He makes me proud." I feel so awful for him.

— ODB🐻 (@OurDailyBears) November 12, 2016

And at the moment, everyone is sending their best wishes to Russell:

INJURY UPDATE: Seth Russell has been diagnosed with a dislocated ankle and is getting an x-ray here at the stadium. #SicEm

— Baylor Football (@BUFootball) November 12, 2016

We send ours as well. Early reports indicate Russell sustained a dislocated ankle:

Russell is the same player who was forced to miss the end of Baylor’s season last year after sustaining a broken neck. Let’s hope this latest injury is somehow not quite as bad as it looked.

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