Judge Collier injury update: Shane Beamer reveals hospital visit during game

South Carolina coach Shane Beamer revealed postgame after a 34-30 win against Missouri that defensive back Judge Collier was taken to the hospital. The safety suffered an upper body injury and the team’s medical staff wanted him to go through additional testing.

Thankfully, the coach revealed that Collier is “fine” and the injury doesn’t appear to be serious. He also provided an update on a couple of other injured players.

“We actually took Judge to the hospital,” he said. “He had an upper body injury that, when I walked out on the field to check on him, he felt OK. Then they just wanted to take him to the hospital to check on him. His parents went with him. Everything is fine. So he’ll be OK.

“The tight ends, we’ll see. Brady (Hunt)‘s got a little bit of a lower leg injury. Mike Smith‘s got an upper body injury. They’ll be OK. Hopefully we’ll know more tomorrow.”

Collier is a second-year defensive back who has appeared in every game this season. He has 22 tackles (three for loss) and eight passes defended on the year.

The victory marked the fourth straight for South Carolina, which improved to 7-3 (5-3 SEC) on the season. The Gamecocks led 21-6 entering halftime but would allow Missouri to come back and take the lead in the fourth quarter. The Tigers opened with 16 unanswered points to pull ahead 22-21 with 9:12 remaining and led 30-27 with just over a minute left in the game.

That’s when the Gamecocks drove downfield 70 yards before LaNorris Sellers completed a 15-yard passing to Raheim Sanders for the go-ahead touchdown. With 15 seconds remaining after that, South Carolina then forced an interception on defense to seal the win.

South Carolina seems likely to tie its highest win total under Beamer (8) as it has an easily winnable game against Wofford next week. Judge Collier’s status will be worth monitoring leading up to that game.