Rutgers’ collateral damage was Jayvon Parker’s injury

The outcome of the UW-Rutgers football game was painful enough, but the challenge for injured University of Washington defensive tackle Jayvon Parker to reach the locker room once the game was over seemed to be building up.

Parker, who injured his knee or foot and left the game early in the fourth quarter of the 21-18 loss, was using crutches, barefoot with his injured hinge and trying to navigate a steep, uphill climb through a red colored corridor when he couldn’t go any further.

Teammate Elinneus Davis and a staff member stepped in to lift the 6-foot-3, 297-pound man, no easy task, and carry him the rest of the way while another support person recovered. his crutches.

The postgame scene seemed to sum up the plight of the Huskies, who appeared to have more talent than Rutgers in this Big Ten road game but limped home with their second close loss in their last three matches.

For Parker, a junior from Detroit, it was another blow to the college football hopes for him and his twin brother Amon, who seemed almost cursed when it came to settling down and enjoying long, productive careers in Montlake.

Jedd Fisch’s team took a look at that thick, powerful Jayvon Parker in spring football and tabbed him as a potential starter, only to see him go down with an unspecified injury — although he carries notably a thick black brace on his left knee, which could be an indicator – it didn’t require surgery, but it still took him the entire offseason to overcome.

Parker has been playing well recently and looked ready for his first Husky start at any moment. All that individual momentum disappeared when he suffered pain after confronting Rutgers running back Samuel Brown V after a 3-yard gain to the UW 37 in the fourth quarter and was unable to put weight on his right leg as he left the field. with help.