Northwestern QB carted off the field after beautiful trick play

Northwestern lost its starting quarterback in the first half of Friday’s Music City Bowl against Kentucky.

Clayton Thorson caught a pass for a huge gain on a trick play throwback from running back Jeremy Larkin, but it didn’t end well.

Thorson’s knee appeared to bend in a weird way when he was tackled.

It is unknown at this time whether or not he’ll be able to return to the game, but things weren’t looking too positive when the injury occurred. Thorson had to be carted off the field.

Northwestern was leading Kentucky 10-7 at the time of this post, midway through the second quarter. Thorson was replaced by backup Matt Alviti.

Thorson had thrown for over 2,800 yards and 15 touchdowns this season coming into the bowl game.

Here’s a replay of the trick play, courtesy of a video posted on Twitter by @jamfan40:

https://t.co/LHmTb7F8z9 Clayton Thorson injury video

— Jeff (@jamfan40) December 29, 2017

Head coach Pat Fitzgerald gathered his team together after Thorson went down:

Fitz has the players gather while Thorson is examined. pic.twitter.com/OnJ1ve8wrL

— Teddy Greenstein (@TeddyGreenstein) December 29, 2017

Cody McClure

Cody McClure is an SEC Football Writer for Saturday Down South. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he also co-hosts a midday sports radio show for FOX Sports. Cody previously worked for Athlon Sports.