Boise State Tackle Has Brain Surgery

Paul Reyna, a freshman defensive tackle for Boise State, remained in critical condition and was making “limited progress” Thursday after surgery for a head injury suffered during a scrimmage.

“I am cautiously optimistic because he shows no evidence that there will be permanent damage to the brain,” Dr. Ron Jutzy, the neurosurgeon who performed the two-hour surgery, said Thursday.

Boise State was scrimmaging for the first time Wednesday evening when Reyna, 19, from La Puente Bishop Amat High, fell backward while being blocked and hit his head on the artificial turf.