JJ Roberts suffered a scary injury in Marshall Thundering Herd’s Thursday night’s 20-9 loss to James Madison Dukes.
The game outcome became secondary news to what was going on with the player.
During the fourth quarter, Roberts tried to make a tackle on pass reception and went down to the ground in need of immediate help. He was limping and remained on the ground for over 20 minutes as the medical team looked at the defensive back.
Moment later, a stretcher would come out and he would be transported off the field. Following the game, Thundering Herd head coach Charles Huff couldn’t give an update but praised the medical team for how they responded to the injury.
“Our medical team did a phenomenal job,” Huff said. “We prayed for him before he left and obviously, we’ll pray for him tonight — but I don’t have an update. I don’t want to speak or say anything and that not be accurate.”
According to WVBA sports anchor Cassidy Wood, Roberts does not have a broken neck or a spine injury.
“Update on JJ—His mom tells me they’re still at the hospital right now awaiting tests. She says he was in & out of consciousness last night, but no broken neck or spinal injury. Thank God,” Wood wrote.
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Thank goodness.
Roberts began his career at Wake Forest in 2020 and in his first season, recorded five tackles and a forced fumble. Roberts then recorded 19 tackles, two forced fumbles, and an interception in 2021. He then followed that up with 20 tackles and seven pass defenses in 2022 but entered the transfer portal.
After entering the transfer portal, Roberts committed to Marshall. In seven games with the Thundering Herd, the defensive back has 48 tackles, one forced fumble, and two interceptions.
As for the game last night, James Madison ended up defeating Marshall 20-9 to improve to 7-0 and could very well enter the rankings next week.
