Tennessee football QB George MacIntyre leaves Texas A&M game after hard hit

Tennessee football quarterback George MacIntyre suffered an apparent injury during the third quarter of the road matchup with Texas A&M after getting hit hard on a third down.

Texas A&M safety Chance Collins, who's a true freshman, tackled MacIntyre as he was attempting to make a throw to Braylon Staley with 12:43 left in the third quarter. MacIntyre got the throw off as he got hit, but it flew out of bounds.

The sophomore quarterback limped off the field with Tennessee punting on fourth down, and he headed to the medical tent. MacIntyre returned to the field on the Vols' next drive, but then returned to the medical tent during Texas A&M's following drive.

He's dealing with a right knee injury, according to the ESPN broadcast, and was wearing a knee brace when he came out of the tent a second time to throw on the sidelines. MacIntyre did not return to the game the next drive, and freshman quarterback Faizon Brandon entered the game the next drive. MacIntyre was jogging in place on the sidelines and testing his knee with Brandon in the game.

No. 9 Tennessee trailed the Aggies 7-6 at Kyle Field when MacIntyre left the game. MacIntyre completed 13 of his 17 passes for 109 yards before the hit.

Cora Hall is the University of Tennessee women’s athletics reporter for Knox News. Email: cora.hall@knoxnews.com; X: @corahalll; Bluesky: @corahall.bsky.social‬. Support strong local journalism and unlock premium perks:knoxnews.com/subscribe

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