Sources: BYU coach Kalani Sitake has begun to inform people that he intends to stay at the school. BYU is in the process of putting together a lucrative contract to keep him. He's been one of main targets at Penn State, which he informed of his decision today.
@jackson5payne Am I crazy or did it seem like he was on a “pitch count” tonight? Appeared intentionally uninvolved in the offense until 4Q. Everything went through him in the 4th; stark contrast.
Here’s a back angle of the same play.
This is a clean play IMO. I see some mild contact here, but no tackle “from behind” is performed which has been alluded to by some. Jakob is not a dirty player and has never proven to be.
Kuithe plants with his left leg at the top of the route and you see a slight buckling inward of the left knee (valgus force which is typical in ACL tears.)
This is normal contact with a TE/DB at the top of a route. Jakob disengages with his body after the initial contact.
It appears to be a left knee injury. Possibly an ACL tear with some collateral damage based off the mechanism. Kuithe begins to hobble after the plant and eventually falls to the turf.
Kuithe, in 2022 suffered an ACL injury and meniscus tear to his right knee.
Data shows that once you’ve had an ACL Injury, there is a higher risk of injuring your opposite knee than your reconstructed knee.
Furthermore, there is increasing data supporting the elevated risk of ACL injuries correlated to turf as well as style and type of cleats.
My heart goes out to Kuithe.