Quinnen Williams injury update: Cowboys star heads into medical tent vs. Vikings

Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Quinnen Williams was injured during a Sunday Night Football game against the Minnesota Vikings. He was banged up after making a stop on third down.

The Vikings were facing third-and-inches and ran the ball up the gut. Williams made the stop and his momentum carried him and the ball-carrier past the first down marker.

Nothing initially jumped out about the play on the television broadcast, but Quinnen Williams got up and headed to the sideline after the play. According to numerous reporters, he then entered the team’s medical tent on the sideline.

On3 will update with any relevant information from the team or the television broadcast crew when it becomes available.

Williams was having an excellent evening before the injury. He was even the lucky recipient of a batted pass, coming away with an interception during the first half. It was the second interception of his career.

Nick Saban raves about Quinnen Williams

The Dallas Cowboys made a splashy acquisition before the trade deadline this year when they acquired New York Jets defensive tackle Quinnen Williams. The former Alabama star headed to Dallas intent on making an impact.

So far he’s done just that. The Cowboys have started to play much better defensively.

“First of all, Quinnen is one of those guys that he wasn’t a highly recruited guy in high school,” said former Alabama coach Nick Saban on The Pat McAfee Show in late November. “I don’t even know if he had any stars, but we liked him as a player. He came here, he worked his tail off to become what he is. He got bigger, he got stronger.

“The guy is a very good player and he has got the right work ethic, attitude, because he developed and came up from nothing in terms of his athletic career. It wasn’t like he was some high-profile guy that everything was kind of laid out for him. He worked his way into being something that people didn’t think he could be. And I think that carries over in his competitive personality, how he gets along with people.”