Mississippi State QB avoids disaster after appearing to suffer gruesome leg injury in Duke's Mayo Bowl

Mississippi State backmost Kamario Taylor appeared to debar superior wounded aft suffering what appeared to beryllium a gruesome limb wounded successful the last minutes of the Duke’s Mayo Bowl connected Friday night. 

Taylor, a freshman and Mississippi native, was scrambling for other yards successful the last minutes of the crippled with Wake Forest starring by 14 points erstwhile helium took an awkward deed to the legs arsenic helium was being tackled. 

Mississippi State Bulldogs backmost Kamario Taylor (1) runs the shot against Wake Forest during the archetypal fractional of the Duke’s Mayo Bowl NCAA assemblage shot game. The crippled took spot successful Charlotte, North Carolina, connected Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Scott Kinser)

He had breached escaped from respective tackles earlier being brought down.

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Several videos shared connected societal media appeared to amusement Taylor’s near genu crook astatine an unnatural space arsenic helium went down.

 Taylor remained connected the crushed successful evident symptom arsenic aesculapian unit rushed to his assistance. He was yet carted disconnected the tract to the locker room. 

Initial fears of a superior wounded were eased erstwhile Mississippi State manager Jeff Lebby expressed optimism pursuing the Bulldogs’ 43–29 loss. Lebby declined to supply specifics astir the wounded sustained by the promising young quarterback.

Mississippi State Bulldogs backmost Kamario Taylor (1) hardly gets a walk disconnected earlier being tackled during the assemblage shot Duke’s Mayo Bowl crippled against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons astatine Bank of America Stadium. The crippled took spot successful Charlotte, North Carolina, connected Jan. 2, 2026. (John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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"Initial reports person been good, truthful we’ll proceed to measure and get much information," helium said. "I consciousness bully astir getting successful the locker room, being capable to talk, speech to our aesculapian staff, and being capable to spot Kamario again."

Taylor's mother, LaQuandra Conner, said successful a station connected Facebook aft the crippled that helium sustained an ankle injury.

"Thanks everyone for the prayers it was his ankle but NOTHING is torn oregon breached GOD had MY BABY covered and for that I accidental THANK YOU LORD," her caption read. 

Mississippi State Bulldogs backmost Kamario Taylor (1) grabs his limb aft an awkward tackle during the assemblage shot Duke’s Mayo Bowl crippled against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons astatine Bank of America Stadium. The crippled took spot successful Charlotte, North Carolina, connected Jan. 2, 2026. (John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Making his 2nd vocation commencement for the Bulldogs, Taylor completed 13 of 22 passes for 241 yards and a touchdown, portion adding 63 rushing yards and different people connected the ground.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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