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Jahvid Best gets injured while scoring a touchdown Saturday.
California running back Jahvid Best was injured in Saturday's game. The Jahvid Best injury occurred when Best was attempting to score a touchdown near the left side of the field and he tried to make it into the end zone. Best was undercut by the defender and at a height of around five feet in the air came down on the back of his head. Best scored the touchdown, but it was immediately obvious to everyone in the stadium that something was wrong on the field.
Early reports state that Jahvid Best has sustained a concussion after being removed from the field, and the best of all was that he has movement in all of his extremities. More tests are going to be done on Jahvid Best before he is released from the hospital, and doctors are going to make 100% sure that there isn't a greater extent to the injury he had on the field. The injury had been so bad that Best's helmet even came off in the collision, and just by looking at the photograph to the left you can see how high in the air Best was before he came down hard. There is also a video linked at the bottom (not the best of quality) that shows what happened to cause the injury.
While Best was on the ground after being hurt they removed his jersey and put him on an oxygen mask before removing him. Best was then taken to an emergency room right away for tests, and all necessary precautions were taken to prevent further injury. For a little background, Jahvid Best was already playing with the remnants of a slight concussion he suffered in a game last week against the Arizona State Sun Devils.
Jahvid Best came into the game against Oregon State with 838 total rushing yards and 11 touchdowns on the season. Last season Best rushed for 1,580 total yards to go along with 15 rushing touchdowns on the season. He is widely considered one of the best running backs in football, and easily takes the title as the best running back in the Pac-10. We all hope that Best has a speedy recovery, and that there are no lasting effects from this injury to his head and neck.
The injury definitely seemed to affect how California approached the remainder of the game, and they came up short to Oregon State 31-17. That drops the 20th ranked Bears to 6-3 overall, and could harm their chances at a great bowl game.
Rough Game Video of Jahvid Best injury.
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