NORMAN — Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said he was encouraged by doctors' reports about receiver Manuel Johnson, who was carted off the field Saturday night after experiencing "numbness."
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"So far, all the X-rays were negative," Stoops said. "Everything (movement), on his way to the hospital, is all coming back to him. At this point, everything is looking good … hopefully, he'll be fine."
Late Saturday evening, Johnson was still in the emergency room at OU Medical Center. He was expected to be admitted for an overnight stay for what Stoops called precautionary reasons.
Early in the fourth quarter, Johnson caught a short pass, then was hit “ fumbling on the play. Texas Tech recovered at the OU 35, but no one was concerned about a momentum swing.
Apparently knocked unconscious, Johnson went down on the Tech sidelines.
Tech medical personnel immediately waved for OU's medical staff.
And the crowd went silent as doctors hovered over Johnson.
He lay on his side, with his upper torso twisted.
Stoops would not elaborate on Johnson's condition. He would not make OU medical personnel available, either.
"What the injury is, I'm sure they'll have to do some more investigating," Stoops said.
After several minutes, Johnson was strapped onto a stretcher, then placed on a motorized cart. With Dr. Brock Schnebel, the team's orthopedic surgeon, holding Johnson's head and neck steady, the cart moved slowly off the field.
Then, play resumed.
Stoops said he was concerned, but said, "It's just something you deal with."
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