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Baylor's Terrell Burt: Playing on sore ankle led to accusation of faked injury

WACO, Texas -- If you’ve seen the video, you might think Terrell Burt is a liar. And he can’t say he blames you for arriving at that conclusion. He has seen it, too.

When he lied down on the field Saturday night, at the instruction of Baylor cornerback Ryan Reid, Burt wasn’t faking an injury. The senior safety legitimately hurt his right ankle. Still, the video didn’t look good.

"I would understand everybody in America seeing that play as like, 'Man, you faked it,'" Burt said Monday. "Just by the video, I can see it.