College football photographer takes unfortunately errant pass below the belt

If you’re on a college football field, you might get hurt – even if you’re not suiting up to play.

Saturday’s Wisconsin-Rutgers game featured an unfortunate injury for a sideline photographer. Down in the red zone, Rutgers QB Gavin Wimsatt’s pass went out of bounds, bounced off the ground and hit a photographer below the belt for a painful injury. The photographer grabbed his knee, but the ball hit elsewhere.

Can we get an injury update for the sideline photographer at the #Badgers vs #Rutgers game? Thinking of you dude. ? pic.twitter.com/XX9YhVb5Vu

— Badger Steve ??? (@UW_Steve) October 7, 2023

One could call it Rutgers football in a nutshell. The Scarlet Knights fell to Wisconsin 24-13 in Madison on Saturday.

The above incompletion was 1 of 19 for Wimsatt. The Rutgers starting QB finished 16-of-35 passing for 181 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception. The interception was especially costly, as it was a 95-yard pick-6 to extend the Badgers’ lead to 17-0 at halftime. Wimsatt was the Scarlet Knight’s leading rusher, logging 9 rushes for 43 yards.

Rutgers QB Evan Simon also logged playing time. He was 2-of-3 passing for 30 yards and 1 touchdown.

Hopefully, the photographer is feeling better!

Andrew Olson

Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.