University of Georgia safety Richard LeCounte was hit by two cars while riding his motorcycle on Saturday night after the Bulldogs returned home after pulling out a victory over the University of Kentucky. LeCounte, who was ranked as the eighth-best defensive player in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) by CBS Sports, was immediately taken to the trauma center at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center. Ron Courson, the school’s director of sports medicine, said that LeCounte was still being treated at the hospital as of Sunday. “He’s lucky to be alive,” LeCounte’s mother, Erika Blocker-LeCounte, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “He was wearing his helmet and (that) saved his life.”CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMAccording to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, LeCounte had a shoulder injury, bruised ribs, and cuts and scrapes.

Source: Fox News November 01, 2020 22:30 UTC