Minnesota Vikings rookie safety Lewis Cine suffered a gruesome left leg injury in the first quarter of Sunday’s game against the New Orleans Saints at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Cine was taken off the field on a cart, quickly ruled out for the rest of the game and transported to a hospital for further evaluation, according to the NFL Network telecast.
The Vikings’ first-round selection in this year’s draft, Cine was slowed during training camp and early this season by a knee injury and had been limited to special teams so far.
Cine suffered the injury while covering a punt with 1:08 remaining in the first quarter Sunday. Replays at the stadium showed Cine’s leg bending unnaturally. Vikings medical officials quickly placed an air cast over the leg before he was carted off the field.
ESPN’s Katherine Terrell contributed to this report.