CHAMPAIGN — A trip to Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana was not how Malik Turner wanted to spend his Saturday.
But that’s where the Illinois wide receiver wound up, briefly, before returning to Memorial Stadium and the Illinois locker room near the end of the Illini’s 40-17 loss to Minnesota.
“It was terrifying and emotional, especially for a kid like that who works so hard,” fellow Illinois wide receiver Zach Grant said. “Not much bad you can say about Malik. He’s a great guy. It was definitely tough seeing him go down.”
Turner caught a pass across the middle from Jeff George Jr.