- - Kamario Taylor injury update: Mississippi State QB carted off with gruesome leg injury

John Leuzzi, USA TODAY January 3, 2026 at 1:12 PM

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Mississippi State football fell in the Duke's Mayo Bowl on Friday, Jan. 2 to Wake Forest 43-29 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The focus now for the Bulldogs shifts solely to the health of starting quarterback Kamario Taylor.

The 6-foot-4 true freshman quarterback was carted off the field at Bank of America Stadium at the 1:52 mark of the fourth quarter after going down on the field with an apparent leg injury at the end of an 11-yard scramble. He was carted off the field with a towel over his head in clear distress, per ESPN's broadcast.

The injury came on a drive after Wake Forest went up 14 points in the game after a 62-yard touchdown from Ty Clark.

Here's the latest on Taylor's injury:

Kamario Taylor injury update

Taylor was carted off the field late in the fourth quarter after sustaining an apparent lower leg injury on a tackle from Wake Forest's Lardarius Webb Jr. at the end of a quarterback scramble.

He was attended to by members of Mississippi State's medical staff for several minutes before being loaded onto a cart for further evaluation. The entire Bulldogs team came out to meet him as he was loaded onto the cart, though he was able to stand on his own.

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