Miles Capers injury update: Vanderbilt EDGE hospitalized, per SEC Network
The Vanderbilt–Kentucky game on Saturday night took a very serious turn, when Commodores EDGE rusher Miles Capers was down on the field after a scary helmet to helmet hit. Capers was down on the field for several minutes, before the medical staff from both teams tended to him on the field in Lexington. The stretcher and the spine board were both brought out onto the field.
Eventually Capers was loaded onto the stretcher and wheeled out of the stadium. Several minutes later, Cole Cubelic of the SEC Network updated his status on two different occasions. “I got an update from the Vanderbilt medical staff. He’s at UK Hospital. He is stable. He will undergo testing…” Cubelic explained.
Shortly after he was wheeled out of the stadium. “Went into the tunnel. Was loaded into the ambulance. His family joined him there where he will be taken to UK Hospital for further evaluation,” Cubelic noted.
Miles Capers returned to the sidelines
“He has returned to the Vanderbilt sideline. Obviously not gonna return tonight. But he’s walking around talking to all of his teammates. I just passed his mom and dad on the sidelines,” Cubelic noted on the sidelines of Kroger Field in Lexington.
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Following the game, Vanderbilt head coach Clark Lea reported in his press conference that Capers suffered a neck injury and that he was “okay”. He also thanked the medical staffs for their assistance and to Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops for checking on the player.
Capers had to leave the game after taking a hit to his head. It was on a second quarter drive for Kentucky, where Capers and Bryce Cowan combined for a tackle of UK running back Demie Sumo-Karngbaye and colliding heads.
The helmet-to-helmet contact left Capers on the ground for more than five minutes as members of both the Vanderbilt and Kentucky medical teams tended to him. Medical officials made their way over to Capers and head coach Clark Lea, who was among the first people to arrive at Capers’ side on the field.