Boston College defensive back Max Tucker was injured during practice Wednesday morning, a scare that briefly stopped the Eagles’ session before the team moved on.
The injury came in a team period when Tucker and wide receiver Jaedn Skeete were both fighting for the ball in the end zone, and Tucker landed awkwardly. He was taken away by ambulance, but head coach Bill O’Brien said afterward that the move was a “precautionary measure” and that the staff believes the issue is likely a concussion.
“[Max] kind of took a weird fall there,” said O’Brien. “Precautionary measures to put him on the backboard and take him to the hospital.
We really believe that he's gonna be okay. We'll update that later on.
Probably more like a concussion, which, obviously, is serious, but I really don't think it's anything more than that. But again, we'll update that.
When we get confirmation on what that is.”
Tucker is heading into his fourth season at Boston College. In 2025, he played in 11 games and finished with 25 tackles, including 15 solo stops and 10 assisted, along with two pass breakups and one interception.
O’Brien said the team had to decide whether to keep practicing after the injury, and he leaned on veteran voices in the room.
“I brought up KP [Price] and Carter [Davis], two guys that have been around,” O’Brien said. “I said, ‘What do you want to do here,’ because they're very close to Max.
These guys have been here for a long time. They said they want to practice, and so they did."
He added that it took a little time for the Eagles to settle back in after the incident.
"It took a little while to get back going because it was kind of a weird deal. That's two years in a row now that that's [happened at camp] with Owen Stoudmire last year.
But yeah, I thought they finished well, some good, some bad. We gotta clean up some things, but I think we're on the right track.
We're on the right track.”
Boston College defensive back Syair Torrence said the team’s mindset stayed centered on one another after Tucker went down.
“I mean, we just play for each other,” said Torrence. “Like every time we step on the field, we all play for each other. No matter who's down, who's up, we just always go and play for each other with a brother next to us.”
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