Mississippi State football fell in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl to Wake Forest 43-29 on Friday, Jan. 2 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The focus now for the Bulldogs shifts solely to the health of starting quarterback Kamario Taylor.
The 6-foot-4 true freshman quarterback was carted off the field at Bank of America Stadium at the 1:52 mark of the fourth quarter after going down on the field with an apparent leg injury at the end of an 11-yard scramble. He left the field with a towel over his head in clear distress, per ESPN’s broadcast.
The injury came on a drive after Wake Forest went up 14 points in the game after a 62-yard touchdown from Ty Clark. He finishes the game 13-of-22 passing for 241 passing yards and two combined touchdowns, which includes a 1-yard rushing touchdown in the third quarter.
Taylor made several trips to the medical tent earlier in the game and received 2 1/2 bags of IV fluid at halftime, according to the ESPN broadcast. Here’s the latest on Taylor’s injury:
Kamario Taylor injury update
Taylor was carted off the field late in the fourth quarter after sustaining an apparent lower leg injury on a tackle from Wake Forest’s Lardarius Webb Jr. at the end of a quarterback scramble.
He was attended to by members of Mississippi State’s medical staff for several minutes before being loaded onto a cart for further evaluation. The entire Bulldogs team came out to meet him as he was loaded onto the cart, though he was able to stand on his own.
Backup quarterback Luke Kromenhoek, who is expected to transfer from Mississippi State, finished the game.
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