Dylan Raiola injury: Nebraska QB leaves game vs. UCLA in 4th quarter
Nebraska QB Dylan Raiola left Saturday’s game in the fourth quarter with an injury after taking a big hit. He limped off the field after a 2nd-and-Goal play with 5:48 to go, and though he later returned, went back down after coming back.
Raiola scrambled to the 3-yard line on a broken play when he lowered his shoulder and took a big-time hit. After limping off the field, he attempted to go back in before collapsing once again. He grabbed his lower back as he did so and went back to the sideline as Heinrich Haarberg came in to replace him.
Nebraska ended up scoring on a 1-yard run from Dante Dowdell to make it a 27-20 UCLA lead. The Bruins went 3-and-out on the ensuing possession, giving the Cornhuskers the ball back with 2:12 to play in the game.
At the time of his departure, Raiola was 14 of 27 for 177 yards and a touchdown in the air. However, he also threw a costly pick-six, which put UCLA out in front 20-7 to start the third quarter.
Raiola has been impressive to start his college career after arriving as a highly rated recruit. Entering Saturday, he completed 66.1% of his passes for 1,744 yards and nine touchdowns after beating Haarberg out for the starting job during training camp.
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Raiola arrived on campus this year as a five-star recruit out of Buford (Ga.) and the son of former Nebraska standout Dominic Raiola. He was the No. 21 overall player and No. 3-ranked quarterback from the 2024 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.
Nebraska took a 5-3 record into Saturday’s game, but fell to 5-4 with the loss to UCLA following Haarberg’s interception in the final seconds. Still, the Cornhuskers are one win away from being bowl-eligible, and Dylan Raiola knows first-hand how much that achievement would mean.
“Before practice, I actually heard someone say there hasn’t been a bowl game in eight years or something like that,’ Raiola said. “I think getting the fans a guaranteed another one more game, possibly more being in the playoffs, would mean a lot to this fanbase. They’ve been through a lot and they’ve been really loyal. So, it would mean a lot to everybody to get to a bowl game.”