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SAN ANTONIO — It was readily apparent Anthony Brown Jr. gutted out numerous injuries this season and with his college career complete the Oregon quarterback admitted as much following the Alamo Bowl.
Brown left the Stony Brook game at halftime after being sacked on back-to-back plays and appearing to favor his neck. His hurt his left wrist on the goal-line fumble against Washington State on Nov. 13. A week later, Brown was bent back awkwardly in the loss at Utah and was clearly gimpy in the second half. In the Pac-12 championship game 13 days later, his right ankle was taped.
“I played through a lot,” Brown said after Oregon’s 47-32 loss to Oklahoma on Wednesday night. “It was hard, but without them (his teammates), I wouldn’t keep going. It hurts, just to play through everything that I’ve been through. Yeah, whether it was the hand, my foot, knee. Didn’t really matter. I didn’t care, because it was all for them. Like I said, they’re my family. I love them. I wouldn’t change anything. I wouldn’t have stopped playing just because of that.
“There wasn’t a nick — there’s a difference between being hurt and being injured. Was I playing on that borderline? Probably. But for them, I’d give my body up. I don’t care.”
Brown ended his college career going 27 of 40 for 306 yards with three touchdowns and an interception and had nine carries for 21 yards against the Sooners. It tied a career high in attempts for the sixth-year senior, who ran for what was by far a career-best 658 yards on the season.
SAN ANTONIO — It was readily apparent Anthony Brown Jr. gutted out numerous injuries this season and with his college career complete the Oregon quarterback admitted as much following the Alamo Bowl.
Brown left the Stony Brook game at halftime after being sacked on back-to-back plays and appearing to favor his neck. His hurt his left wrist on the goal-line fumble against Washington State on Nov. 13. A week later, Brown was bent back awkwardly in the loss at Utah and was clearly gimpy in the second half. In the Pac-12 championship game 13 days later, his right ankle was taped.
“I played through a lot,” Brown said after Oregon’s 47-32 loss to Oklahoma on Wednesday night. “It was hard, but without them (his teammates), I wouldn’t keep going. It hurts, just to play through everything that I’ve been through. Yeah, whether it was the hand, my foot, knee. Didn’t really matter. I didn’t care, because it was all for them. Like I said, they’re my family. I love them. I wouldn’t change anything. I wouldn’t have stopped playing just because of that.
“There wasn’t a nick — there’s a difference between being hurt and being injured. Was I playing on that borderline? Probably. But for them, I’d give my body up. I don’t care.”
Brown ended his college career going 27 of 40 for 306 yards with three touchdowns and an interception and had nine carries for 21 yards against the Sooners. It tied a career high in attempts for the sixth-year senior, who ran for what was by far a career-best 658 yards on the season.
