DETROIT -- Panthers rookie left guard Chandler Zavala suffered a neck injury late in the first quarter of Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions and was taken to a local hospital for evaluation.
Zavala went down on a first-and-10 play from the Carolina 25-yard line with 4:44 left in the first quarter. He laid motionless face down on the turf until medical staff rolled him over.
They eventually placed him on a spineboard and put him on a golf cart. He gave a thumbs up to the crowd as the cart left the field.