Texas A&M safety Bryce Anderson returned to campus with the team after avoiding "catastrophic injury," the school said on Wednesday. After being taken to a hospital following a serious collision in Saturday's game at Notre Dame, the Beaumount, Texas native is in good spirits.
Anderson took a direct blow to the head from Irish tight end Eli Raridon late in the first half of Saturday's game. He was motionless on the field as medical personnel spent about 10 minutes stabilizing his neck and carting him off. Texas A&M said after the game that Anderson had feeling in all of his limbs.
"We are thankful to report that no catastrophic injury was found," Texas A&M said in a statement Wednesday. "Bryce is in great spirits, and our focus now is on supporting him through his recovery."
Aggies coach Mike Elko said the team expects Anderson to return at some point this season. But cautioned he's still recovering from the injury.
"It was a blessing to have him on the plane with us," Elko said. "It was obviously great for all the boys to see him. It was great that that we kind of skated through what could have possibly been a really, really bad situation. He's still in the process of recovering, and so hard to kind of gauge a timeline right now, but we do expect that we'll have him back at some point."
Anderson has 116 career tackles with two interceptions, two forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and eight passes defended. He came to College Station as a two-way talent, but eventually settled on being in the secondary for the Aggies.
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