Injury Timing Disputed

Baylor linebacker Dean Jackson says he played with a broken neck for eight games last season after the team’s medical staff failed to diagnose the injury.

Jackson told The Dallas Morning News that Baylor had its doctors take X-rays soon after a game against Oregon State on Sept. 21.

No fracture was found, but when the Baylor’s medical staff performed an postseason MRI, a break was found in the fifth cervical vertebra, he said.

Baylor medical officials said the break occurred in Baylor’s final game, Nov. 23 against Oklahoma, because the X-rays taken in December did not show signs of healing. He said a two-month-old injury would have shown scar tissue.