- Virginia running back Perris Jones was moving every one of his limits in the wake of taking a cap to-head protector hit late in the second from last quarter against Louisville on Thursday night.
- Jones was taken to the College of Louisville medical clinic after the hit, and school authorities said he had recovered development in his limits subsequent to showing up there.
- Mentor Tony Elliott said in a before postgame news gathering that he was getting "empowering" news from the medical clinic in regards to Jones' condition. He added that Jones was getting a X-ray at the emergency clinic yet offered no particulars past that.
- Jones had taken a swing pass and fired running up field when he was hit. He bungled on the play and fell forward in a heap of various Louisville players. Since the play occurred close to the Louisville sideline, Louisville coaches quickly headed out to offer help. Virginia wide collector Malik Washington got the mishandle and scored a score, however the consideration was at that point on Jones, as authorities from the two groups clustered around him.
- Virginia players, a few in tears, took a knee as they watched on in paralyzed quiet. Jones is flat mates with individual running back Mike Hollins, who endure a shooting that killed three of their colleagues last November. The one-year commemoration of the passings of Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. furthermore, D'Sean Perry is Monday.
- Jones was at last put on a truck, totally immobilized. Hollins, who has Perry's No. 41 on the white tape he wears on the rear of his arms, was among the players to get nearest to the haul before it drove away.
- Jones will stay in UofL Medical clinic short-term for perception, as per the group.
- ESPN's Harry Lyles Jr. provided details regarding the game transmission that Virginia athletic chief Carla Williams welcomed Jones close to the arena burrow and gave him a pat on the arm before he was stacked into the emergency vehicle.
- "It's an incredibly, troublesome truth of the game that we play," Elliott said. "Each play can end that way. You don't wish that for anyone, and I know a certain something, PJ's an extreme young fellow. He lays it on the line each time he goes out there for this football crew. Accepting and imploring he will have a full recuperation. I'm placing that in the Master's hands, and I'm requesting that ahead of time and trusting that will be the situation."
- The bobble recuperation score on the play in which Jones was harmed gave Virginia a 21-14 lead, yet Louisville mobilized in the final quarter to win 31-24 - - the fifth game this season the Cavaliers (2-8) have lost by a score or less.
- "No one needs to see it, and it's hard to get back persuaded, however I accept the folks answered," Elliott said. "We simply didn't several plays toward the end that we expected to make."
Virginia RB Jones taken to clinic after alarming hit, has development
November 11, 2023
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