Gruesome College Football Video Shows How Not to Break Your Leg

In a game between Houston and Marshall tonight on ESPN, Houston freshman receiver Patrick Edwards added himself to the sports injury hall of fame while attempting to catch a pass.

The pass sailed just out of his reach in the back of the end zone and as he slowed down the proverbial unstoppable force met the immovable object -- in this case, an oddly placed metal cart a few feet from the back of the end zone.

A trip to the land of horrible ensued. Naturally, Edwards emerged from the carnage with a compound fracture of the leg. Unless snuff films and other assorted awfulness is your thing ('tis the season?), we're warning you this is ugly. Video after the jump.

This is why your state's department of transportation sets up those water barrels near exit ramps -- its better for your wayward car to smash some plastic than saw itself in half as it heads into several feet of solid concrete.

Edwards was afforded no such luxury.

Needless to say, Houston's miffed, Marshall's got some splainin' to do and the world is not a better place for this happening.

(Via Sports by Brooks)

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

10-29-2008 @ 11:00AM

Scott Smith said...

I was at this game and those carts should not have been there

10-29-2008 @ 11:06AM

dapantieraider69 said...

LoL FIRST! and OUCH that hurt...

10-29-2008 @ 11:42AM

Mike McMullin said...

Ouch!!!!!!!!!

Marshall, I hope you have some good attorneys. That guy may never walk again without a permanent limp. No one can say that this is a freak accident. Shame on the band program for putting the equipment there. It seemed pretty easy to remove the items AFTER the accident had occurred. Saw it "Live", I wish I did not just watched it again in slow motion. I hope Joe Theisman doesn't relive this clip. Yikes!

10-29-2008 @ 11:50AM

wes said...

this happens all the time, usually in scrimmage's. chalk line machine's are the culprit's mostly. these accident's go un-reported unless they are on national t.v. i saw it happen 3 times in high school. the school's should be held responsible for this with no question's asked.

10-29-2008 @ 12:53PM

jason said...

Wtf was that cart doing that close to the endzone. That for sure is a lawsuit against the school. They should be thrown in jail for something that negligent.

10-29-2008 @ 12:59PM

Julie said...

OUCHHHHHH that look like it hurt like HELL

10-29-2008 @ 1:01PM

Ken Adamczyk said...

Good thing this wasn't a workplace or it would be closed down by O.S.H.A.for unsafe conditions. Of course after the fact.

10-29-2008 @ 1:44PM

jordin said...

It does look painful!! I saw it live as well. Maybe Houston's quarterback should have better aim at his receivers then he wouldn't have ended up way out of the endzone!! Marshall nor the marching band should be at fault. It was a freak accident. Stuff is all over the endzones at other schools.

10-29-2008 @ 1:48PM

JOHN said...

I too saw this live and grimaced. I feel sorry for this young man and hope the NCAA finally will act quickly to get everyone and everything off the field and sidelines with the exception of the teams, officials and cheerleaders. Camera folk and all of the other tag-a-longs including the band belong in the stands! Schools should also be required to pad the walls if they are within 15 yards of the playing surface.

10-29-2008 @ 2:07PM

Jane said...

Patrick....my heart goes out to you. I hope that you fully recover. God Bless!

10-29-2008 @ 2:31PM

Tonya said...

Shucks, I'm a federal employee and a forklift pinned my leg to metal equipment., plus my foot was pinned beneath the equipment that i was operating at the time. So, I'm pinned by the leg and foot between 3 heavy duty industrial pieces of equipment, and they got doctors to say I ahd a sprained ankle. Disabled now, back, leg, knee, ankle, hip and defensive arm injuries because the feds lie and pay doctors to forget their oath to keep from paying people's comp when they are seriously injured. .I shoulda played football, huh?
Signed,
Grandma (not joking)

10-29-2008 @ 2:40PM

Karen said...

OMG!!!

Absolutely unbelievable!!!

Any explanation that Marshall gives for why that cart was put there isn't good enough.

Someone's head is going to roll.

10-29-2008 @ 2:48PM

DutchThunder said...

Marshall will NOW be forever known as, "The school that was too lazy to roll their little carts out of the way." Did the band dorks have to hurry back to the stands to occupy seats that should be used for fans? Even children are tought to pick up their toys when they are done playing with them.

10-29-2008 @ 3:36PM

Rob said...

The knee x-ray shown on the story is upside down and is of a pediatric patient.

10-29-2008 @ 6:47PM

Kevin Luck said...

A Florida court recently awarded a man wrongly convicted to death row 1.2 million dollars for their mistake. What is a young man's possible NFL carreer worth.

10-29-2008 @ 6:51PM

ken said...

Can you say Larry H. Parker?

10-30-2008 @ 3:12PM

Yahweh said...

Newsflash.....

Marshall University has now been renamed Patrick Edwards University. All future applications to said former defunct name university should now be addressed PEU. The physical address remains the same.

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