New York Jets rookie running back Chip Trayanum is taken to a hospital with a neck injury after getting hurt on the final play of the first half against the New York Giants during a Friday night preseason game. Reports say the injury occurs right after he accepts a handoff and is run over/tackled.
The Jets later provide an update that Trayanum is awake and alert and has movement in his extremities. Multiple outlets identify him as an undrafted rookie from Toledo. One account notes the Jets have the ball with 10 seconds left before halftime and run a play rather than take a knee.
Outlets also frame the surrounding context: the Giants and Jets rest much of their projected starters in the preseason finale, and one report links Trayanum’s injury to his extended workload in that game. The game ends with New York losing to the Giants 23–6, which some coverage ties to Trayanum’s earlier touchdown and snap opportunity before he is injured.
