NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Two young, Middle Tennessee athletes have recently been hospitalized from a football-related injuries, shedding light on the seriousness of concussions in school sports.
One of them was a high school football player who as of Wednesday night, was still in critical condition after taking a serious hit during a game Monday night.
Freshman Tyler Graves was airlifted to Vanderbilt after suffering unknown injuries while playing as Safety for Westmoreland High School.
His injuries have brought back to light the seriousness of concussions in high school sports.
Doctors said the number of concussions in the last 10 years has spiked more than 6%, but they believe that's because people are better at recognizing the signs of a concussion.
“What we like to say is headache plus headache in addition to not quite feeling themselves being slow just not making sense if they're feeling sick to their stomach have any vomiting, problems with focus, problems with concentration that all goes along with it,” said Dr. Alex Diamond, Pediatric Sports Medicine.
In Murfreesboro, a middle school athlete was also still in the hospital after a head injury during a football game earlier this month.
