Detroit Lions wide receiver Jermaine Kearse’s NFL season may have ended even before his team’s first preseason game was over.
After just the fifth play of the game, Kearse was carted off the field with an apparent broken leg and other injuries during Thursday night’s preseason opener against the New England Patriots in Detroit.
Video shows New England defender Terrence Brooks rolling into Kearse’s ankles as he and another Patriot pursue a Detroit ball carrier. Kearse was attempting to throw a block for his teammate.
This is tough watch.
Prayers up for #Lions WR Jermaine Kearse, who suffered a gruesome leg injury in preseason game against the #Patriots.pic.twitter.com/KKtxSjVIgk
— Nitrogen Sports (@NitrogenSports) August 9, 2019
Kearse, 29, a native of Washington state, played college football at the University of Washington. He started his NFL career with the Seattle Seahawks and was a member of that club’s Super Bowl championship team following the 2013 season.
Kearse later played for the New York Jets before signing a one-year deal with the Lions in June.
New England went on to defeat Detroit, 31 to 3.
