Barion Brown injury: Kentucky WR leaves game vs. Tennessee with apparent rib injury
It appears Kentucky widout Barion Brown is out for the time being, as the star pass catcher was taken to the locker room against Tennessee early in the second quarter. Brown was apparently getting attention for a rib injury.
According to the SEC Network broadcast, Brown was being taken to the locker room to get his ribs iced, among other treatment. He could return to the game in the second half, depending on how his condition progresses.
Brown initially came up slow after he took a play for a solid gain and was tackled by a throng of Tennessee defenders and was at the bottom of a pile with several big bodies landing on top of him.
He made it to the sideline and was seen going to the medical tent with assistance from Kentucky staff.
Brown was reportedly taken to a UT Medical Center for precautionary CT scans.
Sideline reporter Tori Petry relayed early in the second half that Brown’s X rays for an apparent rib injury had come back negative, causing Wildcats medical staff to want further scans to see what’s happening. While X rays are useful for visualizing and diagnosing orthopedic injuries, they can’t image soft tissue, which a CT scan can.
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Kentucky later lost its starting QB
Quarterback Brock Vandagriff was questionable to return in the second half vs. Tennessee with a head injury, according to the SEC Network broadcast. Vandagriff suffered the injury on a strip sack in the third quarter that set up Tennessee’s go-ahead score.
Vandagriff was taken to the sideline injury tent where he was getting evaluated further, according to sideline reporter Tori Petry. After a few minutes of attention in the tent, Vandagriff was seen walking, unsteadily, to the locker room with a towel over his head and the assistance of trainers.
In his stead, Kentucky went to backup Gavin Wimsatt, down 14-10. In the final minutes of the third quarter, with Wimsatt in, he threw an interception that set up Tennessee in the red zone.
Shortly after, Tennessee took a 21-10 lead.
Vandagriff finished his day 10-for-17 passing for 123 yards and one touchdown and an interception.