Tennessee Titans quarterback Cam Ward left the team’s season finale at Jacksonville early after landing heavily on his right shoulder on a touchdown run.
Ward was slow to get up following linebacker Foye Oluokun’s tackle that drove him into the ground and ended up getting checked out in the Titans’ medical tent.
The 23-year-old then walked into a nearby tunnel opposite the locker room, presumably to get taken to the onsite X-ray machine at Everbank Stadium.
Tennessee initially announced that he was questionable to return with a shoulder injury, before he was later ruled out of the game – bringing his season to an end with the Titans not involved in this year’s playoffs.
Tennessee Titans quarterback Cam Ward left the team’s season finale at Jacksonville early
Journeyman backup Brandon Allen, a sixth-round draft pick by Jacksonville in 2016, replaced him on the next possession. It was the first snaps Ward has missed this season.
The No. 1 overall pick has the franchise rookie record with 3,117 yards passing. He needed a season-high 271 yards to move into the top 10 for a single season in team history.
Ward had thrown two touchdown passes in four straight games. If he went a fourth straight game without being intercepted on Sunday, he would have matched Russell Wilson (2012) for the longest streak by a rookie since 1970.
