Arkansas’ tough afternoon against Notre Dame turned even more difficult when wide receiver Jalen Brown sustained a serious leg injury. The sophomore transfer was carted off after breaking both his tibia and fibula during the third quarter of the Razorbacks’ 56-13 defeat in Fayetteville.
Head coach Sam Pittman confirmed the injury and said Brown was taken to the hospital for further evaluation. The emotional scene overshadowed a game in which the Fighting Irish piled up more than 600 yards of offense and handed Arkansas its third straight loss.
Brown’s injury overshadows Notre Dame’s dominant performance
Brown went down as he stretched for a touchdown, immediately grabbing at his leg before trainers rushed in. Teammates gathered around the cart, sending him off with shouts of support.
“I’m standing down here on the sideline and as all of his teammates came over, the message was the same: ‘We love you, JB. We’re here for you, JB,’” ABC’s Taylor McGregor reported.
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Brown was placed in an air cast and wheeled away, with an ambulance visible in the distance. The sophomore finished with one catch for 11 yards before leaving the game. Through Arkansas’ first four contests, he had already totaled 11 receptions for 156 yards and two touchdowns.
He transferred from Florida State after a freshman season in which he caught eight passes for 75 yards.
Notre Dame’s dominance on both sides of the ball buried the Razorbacks early. The Irish led comfortably at halftime, and Pittman said frustrations spilled into the locker room.
“Sam Pittman told me there was a lot of emotion in the locker room at halftime and he said, ‘We have to play better,’ and the frustration really boiling over when it comes to the defense,” McGregor said on the ABC broadcast.
“It’s been the same story now for three weeks. We have not been able to stop the run. We’ve tried everything.”
He said Arkansas planned to use more man-to-man coverage and add an extra defender in the box, but Notre Dame’s offense kept rolling on the ground.