With the Tigers already trailing by 14 in the fourth quarter against Alabama on Saturday night in what would become a 42-28 loss, the worst-case scenario for this team played out.
Quarterback [autotag]Jayden Daniels[/autotag] took a hard hit to the head and exited the game. He briefly returned, but was then pulled again and later ruled out as he had entered concussion protocol.
Kelly updated Daniels’ status after the game.
“Yeah, he had a head injury, was not able to come back,” Kelly said. “We’ll obviously have to put him through more testing before I can accurately say whether that was concussion, non-concussion and things of that nature.”
Kelly elaborated on why Daniels returned to the game despite the concerns about a head injury.
“He was evaluated, was cleared, and then came back and they looked at him again and felt like he wasn’t prepared to go back into the game and held him out of the game,” he said. “Those are decisions that are made by our medical team.”
The health of LSU’s quarterback will be at the forefront of the discussion this week as the Tigers look to get back in the win column when they host a struggling Florida team next weekend.
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