Tennessee State linebacker Christion Abercrombie was taken to the hospital and underwent emergency surgery after leaving Saturday’s game at Vanderbilt with a head injury.
Abercrombie suffered the injury at some point before halftime and collapsed after coming to the sideline. He was given oxygen, taken away on a stretcher and taken to Vanderbilt Medical Center to undergo emergency surgery.
WSMV’s Chris Harris reported that Abercrombie was out of surgery as of Saturday evening.
Update on Christion Abercrombie from @TSU_Tigers:
School says the LB had surgery and is out of surgery at Vanderbilt hospital. No details on type/extent of injury yet. Team is still working to find video of exactly what happened. They believe it happened in 2nd Q. (1/2)— Chris Harris (@ChrisHarrisWSMV) September 30, 2018
Abercrombie is a sophomore transfer from Illinois. He had five tackles in the game prior to the injury and entered the contest with 13 tackles on the season.
Members from both teams gathered together in prayer after the game to support Abercrombie:
Tennessee State says LB Christion Abercrombie is out of surgery after frightening injury vs. Vanderbilt https://t.co/wUmqZuStYV pic.twitter.com/Mr2Af6yQnR
— 247Sports (@247Sports) September 30, 2018
“At the end of the day, I’m a football coach coaching a team and coaching a game, but football’s what we do, not who we are,” Vandy coach Derek Mason said, via The Tennesseean. “I know what it is to be a coach. I know what it is to have a player who’s injured. At the end of the day, when serious injuries happen, football becomes secondary.”
