Sean Hutton was taken to a hospital after collapsing during Wednesday’s practice, according to his father, JD Hutton.
JD Hutton told the OU Daily on Wednesday night, while reached in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, that the sophomore offensive lineman went down after a non-contact injury. An OU spokesperson confirmed earlier that a player had been taken for further evaluation after an unspecified injury, though the school did not identify Hutton by name at the time.
“I don’t think it had anything to do with practice, …” JD Hutton said, adding that he was still piecing together details and did not know Sean’s condition as his wife was at the hospital with him. “It wasn’t like he got hit in the head or anything like that. … His mom called me and told me that he collapsed, and she didn't tell me any other details.”
He said communication had already started between his wife and Oklahoma staff.
“She’s obviously talked to coach V, you know, coach Venables, and then of course she's talking to trainers, …” JD Hutton said. “I know coach Bates talked to her.”
JD Hutton was in Iowa visiting Sean’s brother, James, who is a student assistant coach at Coe College, and said the distance made the situation especially difficult.
“(I'm) 700 miles away,” said JD Hutton, who added, “(I) can't do anything (but) try to wait and see what's going on with my baby boy.”
Hutton, a former preferred walk-on, earned a scholarship on Sept. 4. He is also close friends with fellow lineman Michael Fasusi, with the two having played together in high school in Lewisville, Texas.
The family had long imagined this kind of moment, with both sons at Oklahoma.
“Sean dreamed of going there. I dreamed of both my boys going there, but you know, at least Sean.
It's kind of (a) full circle moment. So he's literally, you know, Sooner born, Sooner bred.”
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