Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, November 29, 2014
Ohio State quarterback and possible Heisman Trophy finalist J.T. Barrett broke his right ankle on the first play of the fourth quarter in Saturday's 42-28 victory over rival Michigan.
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Barrett, who was hurt as he was tackled by a trio of Wolverines, had an air cast put on his right leg and was taken off the field on a cart. Watch the injury at the bottom of this post.
Before Barrett left the field, several of his teammates and coaches came up to console him, as did Michigan quarterback Devin Gardner in a very classy move.
The fans at Ohio Stadium gave their star redshirt freshman a rousing ovation as he left the field.
Cardale Jones replaced Barrett and helped lead the Buckeyes to the victory, Ohio State's 24th straight Big Ten regular-season win.
Here's some of the Twitter reaction to Barrett's unfortunate injury.
Prayers out to JT and his family. I love my brother man.
— Ezekiel Elliott (@EzekielElliott) November 29, 2014
Won The Game But Lost A Solider, #GetBetterYoung
— Cardale Jones (@CJ1two) November 29, 2014
Prayers out to JT. Love you bro.
— Tommy Schutt (@TommySchutt) November 29, 2014
Oh man. Just an awful thing for J.T. Barrett. Casted and carted off.
— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) November 29, 2014
Brutal.. Cart coming on the field for #OhioState star J.T. Barrett… lower leg injury.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) November 29, 2014
Sportsmanship. pic.twitter.com/2q8sw7OlsN
— Freep Sports (@freepsports) November 29, 2014
Well this is terrible. What a brilliant season for J.T. Barrett and what an awful way for it to possibly end.
— Matt Brown (@MattBrownCFB) November 29, 2014
No, not J.T. Barrett.
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) November 29, 2014
There's already a cast on J.T. Barrett's right leg. Teammates coming over to wish him well.
— Austin Ward (@AWardSports) November 29, 2014
Awful injury for Ohio State, with J.T. Barrett taken off field on cart wearing an inflatable cast. #MICHvsOSU
— Gil Brandt (@Gil_Brandt) November 29, 2014
That's awful. Wishing the best for J.T. Barrett. Crowd and band attempting to rally but that is clearly a serious injury.
— Jeff Svoboda (@JeffSvoboda) November 29, 2014