DALLAS (AP) — SMU cornerback AJ Davis was taken off the field in an ambulance Saturday night after a special teams play late in the first half of the No. 20 Mustangs’ game against No. 18 Pittsburgh

The University Park Fire Department ambulance drove almost the entire length of the field to where medical personnel surrounded Davis and secured him to a stretcher. His head was immobilized by an oversized neck brace as he was taken to the ambulance.

There was no immediate information from SMU about the exact injury or the extent of the injury.

The Mustangs started with a 28-3 lead. Davis was facedown on the field, and a video of the play showed him hitting his head on the returner while trying to make a tackle and then another player falling on his back.

Several apparent family members wearing Davis’ No. 14 were on the field and were comforted by SMU coach Rhett Lashlee, who then gathered his players around the 35-yard line, less than 15 yards from where Davis was taken to the ambulance.

Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi also stopped by and spoke briefly with Lashlee in the middle of the field.

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