Dylan Raiola injury update: Matt Rhule explains decision to hold out QB, trainers advice
Nebraska coach Matt Rhule provided further update on the injury to quarterback Dylan Raiola after he left Saturday’s loss to USC with injury. Speaking postgame, Rhule revealed that Raiola could have played, but he opted to keep him out at the advice of trainers.
The QB suffered an ankled injury late in the third quarter as TJ Lateef stepped in to replace him. Rhule gave more insight into the conversations on the sidelines in his postgame press conference.
“From a medical perspective, they were like, ‘He can’t run,'” Rhule said. “I just didn’t see the respectable thing to do to put a guy out there who can’t run. …Really at the end of the day, I just don’t think you can put a guy out there who can’t defend himself or protect himself. The trainers didn’t want him to go out there, but they didn’t say, ‘No, he can’t.’ They just said he shouldn’t be out there. I told Dylan, ‘I love you too much to ask you to play when you’re hurt like this.”
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Raiola had 91 yard passing and a touchdown prior to his exit. Nebraska would go on to lose the game by a score of 21-17 as Lateef finished out in his place.
We’ll have to see where Raiola’s helath is heading into next week, but this is an injury that will be worth monitoring for the Cornhuskers. Nebraska has a game coming up against UCLA next Saturday.
This story will be updated.