Notre Dame's Drue Tranquill injures knee celebrating incomplete pass (Video)
Notre Dame safety Drue Tranquill collapsed in pain from an apparent right knee injury while celebrating an incomplete pass against Georgia Tech on Saturday.
Tranquill broke up the pass in the end zone late in the first half. He went to celebrate with a teammate and when he landed he immediately went to the ground.
Drue Tranquill celebrates an incomplete pass and injures his knee. He was screaming in pain. pic.twitter.com/CrwUShp6o4
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The sideline microphones from the broadcast captured him screaming in pain in the moments after the celebration. Tranquill played in 11 games for Notre Dame as a freshman in 2014 and suffered a torn left ACL against Louisville. If he's out for an extended period of time in 2015 he would be the sixth Notre Dame starter the Irish have lost to injury through three weeks of the season.
It's not the first time a college football player has injured a knee in that type of celebration. Georgia's Malcom Mitchell tore his ACL when he landed awkwardly while celebrating against Clemson in 2013. And many football fans remember the knee injury that kicker Bill Gramatica suffered while celebrating as a member of the Arizona Cardinals in 2001.
Notre Dame was leading Georgia Tech at halftime 13-7 thanks to two missed field goals for GT.
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