There was nothing abnormal about the play, just a run to the right side by Washington State’s Max Borghi, which Arizona’s defense stopped after a 2-yard gain. But in the chaos that ensues on almost every snap in a football game, Jerry Roberts found himself at the bottom of a pile of players after several had crashed into his left leg.
Then the pain came.
“Yeah, I knew,” Roberts said when asked if he thought he’d broken his leg. “I was like yeah, I’m done, probably go get the cart.”
Roberts had just made his sixth consecutive start for the UA at middle linebacker, registering 31 tackles in the previous four games with four for loss and 1.