An on-campus brawl Sunday has left Oregon kicker Rob Beard hospitalized, The Oregonian is reporting.
The incident, which occurred very early Sunday morning, started as a verbal altercation and quickly became a physical one involving at least 20 people.
Beard was allegedly attempting to help a teammate when he was kicked in the head several times by multiple people. He was knocked unconscious and suffered numerous facial fractures before being rushed to a local hospital.
The 19-year-old redshirt freshman was hospitalized in critical condition, but a nursing supervisor told the Eugene Register-Guard that Beard’s condition had stabilized by Sunday afternoon.