Doctor: Unclear if Tulane player is paralyzed
By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUSBy JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press?
?This Aug. 10, 2011, photo shows Tulane safety Devon Walker posing for a photograph in the Tulane University weight room in New Orleans. Walker fractured his spine in a head-to-head collision with a teammate during an NCAA college football game against Tulsa, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, in Tulsa, Okla., according to the team doctor. (AP Photo/The Times-Picayune, Chris Granger) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; USA TODAY OUT
This Aug. 10, 2011, photo shows Tulane safety Devon Walker posing for a photograph in the Tulane University weight room in New Orleans. Walker fractured his spine in a head-to-head collision with a teammate during an NCAA college football game against Tulsa, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, in Tulsa, Okla., according to the team doctor. (AP Photo/The Times-Picayune, Chris Granger) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; USA TODAY OUT
In this photo provided by the University of Tulsa, Tulane's Devon Walker (18), right, and Julius Warmsley (92) tackle Tulsa's Kenny Welcome, bottom left, during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. On this play, Walker was seriously hurt. (AP Photo/University of Tulsa, John Lew)
In this photo provided by the University of Tulsa, Tulane's Devon Walker (18) and Julius Warmsley (92), center foreground, tackle Tulsa's Kenny Welcome during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. On this play, Walker was seriously hurt. (AP Photo/University of Tulsa, John Lew)
In this photo provided by the University of Tulsa, Tulane's Devon Walker (18) and Julius Warmsley (92) tackle Tulsa's Kenny Welcome during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. On this play, Walker was seriously hurt. (AP Photo/University of Tulsa, John Lew)
Tulane's Devon Walker, far left, watches as teammate Zach Davis takes down Tulsa's Willie Carter during an NCAA colllege football game in Tulsa, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. Later in the game, Walker was seriously hurt in a head-to-head collision with a teammate. (AP Photo/Tulsa World, Tom Gilbert) ONLINE OUT; TV OUT; TULSA OUT
TULSA, Okla. (AP) ? A Tulane University doctor says it is not yet clear if a football player who suffered a spinal injury while making a tackle will be paralyzed.
Dr. Greg Stewart, Tulane's director of sports medicine, says the full extent of Devon Walker's injury may not become clear until midweek.
Stewart says doctors do not yet know what the long-term implications and outcomes of Walker's injury will be.
The doctor says he was with Walker on the field, in the ambulance and at the hospital on Saturday. He says Walker was put into a cervical collar and couldn't see much of what was happening, so Stewart explained what was going on.
Stewart says Walker was talking with doctors as he was being treated.
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