Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty suffered his second injury of 2014 after going down with a head injury against Texas Tech.
ESPN's Mark Schlabach broke down the play:
Mac Olson of ESPN.com added his thoughts:
Mike Pereira of Fox Sports believed there should have been a penalty on the play:
Expectations were high for the senior star. Petty wasn't considered the favorite for the Heisman Trophy, but he was on the shortlist for the trip to New York City at the end of the season.
His Heisman campaign hit a major snag shortly after it began, though, after Petty picked up a back injury against SMU in Baylor's season-opener. According to The Dallas Morning News , he had two cracked transverse processes.
While the problem wasn't debilitating, it was enough to limit him to 13-of-23 passing for 161 yards and two touchdowns. He then missed the Bears' next game against Northwestern State, and the problem continued to hamper him as the weeks wore on.
From a numbers perspective, Petty's season bottomed out in Baylor's 61-58 win over TCU. He completed just seven of his 22 passes for 111 yards and two touchdowns. Two weeks later, he went 16-of-36 for 223 yards and two touchdowns in the Bears' 41-27 loss to West Virginia.
For almost the entirety of the 2014 season, Petty has looked less than 100 percent, and this most recent ailment only worsens the situation.
Backup Seth Russell has filled in admirably at various points, but there's no question that Baylor's chances of winning the Big 12 hinge on Petty's health.
//from Bleacher Report http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bleacherreport/~3/2Bb6VaNgYVU/2182849-bryce-petty-injury-updates-on-baylor-stars-head-and-return
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