Ohio State's defensive players were the stars of the day in Saturday's 14-7 win over No. 1 Texas. Still, there was a small cloud that hovered over an otherwise sunny day in Columbus.
Senior defensive end Kenyatta Jackson Jr. left the game in the third quarter after getting rolled up on and suffering what appeared to be a leg injury and did not return to action.
Following a few minutes on the ground with the training staff, Jackson walked off gingerly and was evaluated in Ohio State's medical tent. He emerged a few minutes later and walked off under his own power, though without his helmet. Jackson did not return to the game and finished with three total tackles.
In his postgame press conference, Ryan Day declined to reveal the specific injury and said it needed further evaluation, but he didn't expect it would be a long-term injury.
“Kenyatta, I don’t think I can come up and say exactly what it was, but they took his helmet away," Day said. "We’ll kind of evaluate how that is moving forward. But I don’t see it being a long-term injury.”
