Arkansas senior cornerback Kani Walker was carted off the field on a stretcher early in the fourth quarter of Saturday night’s Southeastern Conference game against No. 17 Ole Miss.
Walker had movement in all his extremities and was taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, according to Arkansas. The school said postgame that Walker was diagnosed with a concussion.
The game was delayed for approximately 12 minutes. As he was carted off the field, Walker held his left hand out of the cart and gave a thumbs-up sign.
Walker and Caleb Wooden were in coverage when Ole Miss wideout Deuce Alexander caught a 35-yard pass on the first play of the fourth quarter. The legs of Wooden inadvertently hit Walker in the back of the head at the end of the play.
Walker was face down on the turf for se