BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech safety Michael Cole was taken off the field in an ambulance in the third quarter of the Hokies’ game against No. 8 Florida State on Thursday night.
Replays showed Cole’s head apparently crashing into the side of a Seminoles player on an 11-yard run by Lonnie Pryer. The redshirt freshman lay on the field face down for several minutes as medical personnel attended to him. They eventually loaded him onto a stretcher and put him in an ambulance.
During the 10-minute delay, most in the crowd stood and watched in silence. They chanted “Let’s Go Hokies! Let’s Go Hokies!” as the ambulance drove away.
The school’s sports information department says Cole sustained a neck sprain, but has feeling and movement in his extremities. It says he was taken to LewisGale Hospital as a precaution.
