Boston College linebacker Bodie Kahoun suffered a frightening injury during the first half of the Eagles' game against Rutgers on Friday night.
Kahoun was injured while helping make a tackle and appeared to absorb contact to the head and upper body as another Boston College
defender arrived to assist on the play. He remained down on the field for several minutes while members of Boston College's medical staff attended to him.The game was temporarily halted as Kahoun received treatment. He was eventually stretchered into an ambulance that had driven onto the field. ESPN's broadcast showed him giving a thumbs-up as he was loaded into the ambulance.
Boston College
led Rutgers 20-7 at halftime. The Eagles dropped their season opener against Cincinnati in Week 1 on the road, falling to the Bearcats 34-15.
Here's the latest on Kahoun:
Bodie Kahoun injury update
Kahoun sustained a scary injury in the first half of Friday's non-conference game against Rutgers while making a tackle on the field.
He was down on the field for several minutes and was being tended to by medical staff. A neck brace was placed on him and he was put on a stretcher before being put into an ambulance. Boston College players were seen kneeling and standing around Kahoun as he was being tended to.
Kahoun gave a thumbs-up as he was taken off the field and put into an ambulance:
Bodie Kahoun gives a thumbs up to Alumni Stadium as he is taken out in an ambulance pic.twitter.com/oLt5ih1aIn
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) September 12, 2026
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Bodie Kahoun injury update: Boston College LB taken from field in ambulance
