ON THE SIDELINES : Mullins to Undergo Surgery
Mississippi free safety Roy Lee (Chuckie) Mullins was scheduled for “stabilizing” surgery today after suffering a paralyzing neck injury in the first quarter of Saturday’s football game against Vanderbilt.
The 20-year-old Mullins was paralyzed from the neck down when he hit Vanderbilt receiver Brad Gaines while breaking up a pass play in Mississippi’s 24-16 victory over Vandy.
Mullins was listed in serious condition in the intensive-care unit of Baptist Central Hospital in Memphis. A hospital spokesman said Sunday night that Mullins was set for surgery today “to stabilize the injury.”
“There were no neurological changes overnight. His condition is the same as when they brought him in. He’s paralyzed,” Ole Miss sports information director Langston Rogers said Sunday.
Mullins, a 6-foot, 170-pound redshirt freshman from Russellville, Ala., was carried from the field on a stretcher with 6:57 to play in the first quarter.
Mullins has been used as an extra defensive back--a so-called “nickel back”--in passing situations this season.
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