EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — University of Oregon football place-kicker Rob Beard was critically injured in a beating on the streets of Eugene.
The Register-Guard reports the 19-year-old redshirt freshman from Fullerton, Calif., was at a gathering of more than two-dozen people early Sunday morning when a fight broke out.
A police spokeswoman, Melinda Kletzok, says Beard stepped in to help fellow place-kicker Mike Bradley Bowlin and was knocked to the ground and kicked until he was unconscious.
Beard was taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend where a nurse reported Sunday afternoon his condition had stabilized.
