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WATCH: J.T. Barrett explains what happened to cause injury on the sideline

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

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J.T. Barrett got the chance to explain what caused his injury on the sideline.

In what has been somewhat of a bizarre situation out of Ann Arbor, the Ohio State left the game in the second half with an injury, which was thought to have occurred on the field. However, both head coach Urban Meyer and Barrett have said the injury actually happened on the sideline, when a “man with a  camera” collided with Barrett.

Meyer was irate in his post-game press conference, stating that he will find out who did it and will launch an all out investigation into the situation. But since the head coach was away from the area where the incident happened, he couldn’t give a good description of how it all unfolded.

Barrett had an opportunity to explain what happened on the sideline in his post-game interview and said that someone was trying to squeeze through an opening that was a little to crowded and ran into the quarterback.

“I was getting ready to throw and somebody just tried to squeeze through, I guess, trying not to hit our bench,” Barrett said. “I don’t really care as long as you don’t hit me. And he hit me.”

While Meyer was convinced Barrett’s injury was caused intentionally, the recollection of the account doesn’t seem to match that statement.

Here’s Barrett full statement on the incident.

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB