![]() ![]() The junior lay on the turf for at least 5 minutes while medical and emergency personnel treated him and players on both teams took a knee and watched. ![]() The Avenel resident who played at Colonia High School - just 15 minutes from Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway - appeared to duck his head while making the hit. ![]() LeGrand was hurt with 5:10 to play in the fourth quarter against Army, making a violent tackle on Malcolm Brown on the kickoff return after Rutgers tied the game at 17. We'll see with the speed of which that happens." "As I talked to our team, we're just going to believe that Eric LeGrand is going to walk onto that field again with us," Schiano said. Schiano, who had tears in his eyes during his press conference following Rutgers' 23-20 overtime win, talked to his team about LeGrand around noon on Sunday. "He was cognizant of me being there, his mom, everybody. "Eric's spirits were as good as you can expect," said Schiano, who visited with him before and after surgery. He had emergency surgery overnight to stabilize the spine after making the tackle during Saturday's game at the New Meadowlands Stadium. Rutgers defensive tackle Eric LeGrand was paralyzed below the neck after making a tackle during a game against Army, and he will remain hospitalized for the near future.Ĭoach Greg Schiano said Sunday that LeGrand was resting in the intensive care unit at Hackensack University Medical Center. ![]()
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