Trevor Lawrence injury update: Jaguars’ QB ruled out with concussion

Trevor Lawrence’s return to play didn’t last long for the Jaguars.

Lawrence was forced out of action on Sunday courtesy of a big hit in the second quarter. Chaos followed, with the referees struggling to keep the peace in Jacksonville. Lawrence was quickly ruled out with a concussion, leaving Mac Jones to lead the Jaguars the rest of the way in Week 13.

Here’s the latest on Lawrence.

Trevor Lawrence injury update

Lawrence was officially ruled out with a concussion after being bulldozed by the Texans’ Azeez Al-Shaair in the second quarter of Sunday’s game in Jacksonville. The quarterback was down on the field while the cart came out.

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Lawrence eventually got up, took a seat on the cart and was taken to the locker room. Al-Shaair was ejected for the hit, which resulted in a brawl between both sides.

Jones quarterbacked the Jaguars the rest of the way, nearly leading them to a win before losing, 23-20.

Lawrence was later seen leaving the stadium with his wife, Marissa, which is likely a good sign.

During his postgame press conference, Jaguars coach Doug Pederson said he didn’t have the chance to talk to Lawrence or the doctors after the game, but said he will be in concussion protocol.

‘It’s a play that nobody wants to see in our league,’ Pederson said. ‘You see what happens after the fact and it just escalates. I’ve got a lot of respect for coach (DeMeco) Ryans. I know he doesn’t coach his team that way and we don’t coach our team that way. It’s unfortunate. It really is. Just glad that Trevor is going to be fine.’

Pederson was then asked if he gave any consideration to shutting down Lawrence for the season because of his shoulder injury and concussion, but he said it was too soon after the game to think about that.

Speaking about the extracurriculars that happened after the fact, Pederson wasn’t surprised to see the reaction, but said his team’s actions were unacceptable as well.

‘You see it at every level of football when the quarterback gets hit at that magnitude. It just escalates. Obviously Jarrian (Jones) on our side, he can’t do what he did either. That’s unacceptable as well.’

‘You’ve got to be the bigger person,’ Pederson said. ‘You have to be the bigger man. Just fortunate no one else was ejected from the game.’

Jaguars QB depth chart

Trevor Lawrence
Mac Jones
C.J. Beathard

With Lawrence out of action, Jones is the next man up. The former New England Patriots QB started the two previous games while Lawrence was sidelined with a shoulder injury. Beathard is the team’s emergency quarterback Sunday, so he will only see game action if Jones also falls victim to injury.