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Gamecocks great Connor Shaw suffers 'very serious' injury in Bears exhibition game

COLUMBIA — The NFL career of South Carolina great Connor Shaw has apparently again been derailed by an injury in an exhibition game.

The former Gamecocks quarterback was taken to an ambulance with his left leg immobilized after going down in the Chicago Bears’ exhibition game Saturday against the Kansas City Chiefs. Shaw missed all of last season because of a hand injury suffered in preseason with the Cleveland Browns.

Although the exact nature of Shaw’s injury was not immediately known, Bears head coach John Fox called it “very serious,” adding, “thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.