Boston College linebacker Bodie Kahoun leaves field in ambulance after injury

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After an injury that resulted in Boston College linebacker Bodie Kahoun being taken off the field in an ambulance Friday night in the Eagles’ game against Rutgers, the school announced that the redshirt sophomore can move his arms and legs and was receiving care at a hospital.

“Bodie Kahoun has movement in all extremities and is being taken to a local hospital for further evaluation,” the team posted on X.

The injury occurred with just under eight minutes remaining in the second quarter, when Kahoun combined with a teammate to tackle Rutgers running back Antwan Raymond near midfield. As another Boston College player jumped to join the tackle, his knee collided with Kahoun’s upper body and appeared to strike the back of Kahoun’s helmet as the group came to the ground.

Kahoun, a transfer from Notre Dame, remained on his back after the play as team staff and emergency medical technicians moved him onto a stretcher and put him into the back of an ambulance that had driven onto the field. As he was wheeled into the vehicle, Kahoun raised his left arm and flashed a thumbs-up.

Shortly after the incident, ESPN sideline reporter Dana Boyle said that the linebacker from Roanoke, Va., was taken to Brigham and Women’s Hospital, about 4 miles from Boston College’s home field in Chestnut Hill, Mass.

“Hey, now we’re playing for two reasons: for Bodie, for Welles,” Eagles defensive back KP Price said during a halftime interview on the broadcast. Price was referring to Welles Crowther, a former Boston College lacrosse player who graduated in 1999 and became an equities trader. He died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Crowther became known as the “Man in the Red Bandanna” for his heroism on Sept. 11, 2001, when he tied a red bandanna around his face to protect himself from smoke and made several trips back into the South Tower to help remove at least 10 people from the building before it collapsed.

On Friday, the 25th anniversary of 9/11, Boston College was honoring Crowther with its annual “bandanna game,” when the team wears custom uniforms with a red paisley bandanna pattern, and players’ surnames are replaced with “For Welles” on the back of their jerseys.

The Eagles led 20-7 at halftime. Kahoun had already logged six tackles.