Overview
- Play stopped for roughly 10 minutes in the Rice–Texas State matchup at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth as medical staff treated Hook.
- Hook was immobilized on a stretcher and carted from the field after the play late in the third quarter.
- Rice players gathered around Hook before he was loaded into the cart in a show of support.
- Initial reports differed on the nature of the contact, with some describing a hit to the neck and others to the head, and no official diagnosis has been issued.
- Hook is a senior who had not played since Oct. 31 due to a previous injury and returned for this bowl as his final college game before graduating.