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Nick Chubb will never be the same.The date is October 10, 2015, and Nick Chubb has just suffered one of the most gruesome injuries I have ever seen on a football field. I’m going to show it, but this video comes with a very serious trigger warning. It’s not for the faint of heart.For those who chose not to watch the video, this is the first play of a week six college football game between Nick Chubb’s Georgia Bulldogs and the Tennessee Volunteers. It’s a simple pitch from the I formation, which Nick bounces outside. He spins off the first tackler, but when met with the second one, Nick’s leg buckles under him, bends the wrong direction, and leaves the poor young man writhing on the ground, in extreme pain.For those who did elect to watch, what you have just seen is one of the most serious knee dislocations ever broadcast from a football field, which brings serious ligament damage along with it. I would list to you in detail Nick’s injuries, but it’s easier to list what he hasn’t torn…

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