Louisville football player stretchered off and hospitalized after suffering injury in game

There was a scary moment at Clemson Saturday night when a player was stretchered off the bench and sent to the hospital.

Louisville defensive back Benjamin Perry was injured against the Tigers and was later sent to an ambulance.

The details of the injury are unknown, but Perry spent several minutes lying on the grass, with coaches Jeff Brohm and Dabo Swinney checking on him.

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Trainers initially helped Perry off the field and stabilized him with a neck brace. But shortly after reaching the bench, he was carried on a stretcher into the bowels of the stadium and sent by ambulance to the hospital.

Perry was “alert and talking” as he left the stadium, and even had a chance to talk on the phone with his mother, who was not at the game.

Louisville Cardinals defensive back Benjamin Perry (10) watches during a college football game against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on Oct. 29, 2022, at Cardinal Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. (Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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The fourth-year player was undergoing an MRI at the hospital.

There was 1:47 left in the first quarter, which the Cardinals led 3-0, at the time of the injury.

The Chicago native started all 13 games for Louisville last season, recording career highs with 56 tackles and 6.5 tackles for loss.

Louisville Cardinals DB Benjamin Perry (10) during a college football game between the SMU Mustangs and the Louisville Cardinals on October 5, 2024, at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium in Louisville, KY. (James Black/Sportswire Icon)

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Louisville had not provided any additional information about Perry since he was transported to the hospital “for further evaluation.”

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