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08/22 22:20 CDT Eagles' Ja'Quinden Jackson has movement after being taken off
in ambulance following injury
Eagles' Ja'Quinden Jackson has movement after being taken off in ambulance
following injury
By KYLE HIGHTOWER
AP Sports Writer
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) --- Philadelphia Eagles running back Ja'Quinden Jackson
was taken off the field in an ambulance after being injured on the opening
kickoff Saturday night in a preseason game against the New England Patriots.
The Eagles announced that Jackson had strength and movement in all extremities
and had been taken to a hospital for further evaluation.
Jackson was on the kickoff team and made the tackle on New England's Lan
Larison but laid motionless seconds after the play was over.
Trainers rushed in almost immediately as medical personnel from both teams
attended to Jackson. They quickly called for a backboard and ambulance.
Players from both teams knelt near the sideline as he was strapped onto a
stretcher. Eagles players then surrounded Jackson briefly before he was loaded
into the ambulance. Jackson could be seen briefly raising his left arm.
Play resumed a few minutes later.
Backup quarterback Tanner McKee said afterward that they were told postgame
that Jackson was OK.
"A lot of different emotions just praying and hoping that he's OK," McKee said.
"Word was going around that he was talking, he was responsive and moving. That
kind of got everybody to settle down a little bit and we know our teammate is
doing OK."
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