Buffalo’s punter carted off after suffering a gruesome injury pic.twitter.com/lSGQH2TSXN — Dustin Schutte (@SchutteCFB) September 8, 2019

Buffalo punter Evan Finnegan suffered a scary injury Saturday night in his team’s game against Penn State. During a third-quarter punt, Finnegan’s leg collided with Penn State’s Journey Brown and it snapped upon contact.

Brown made legal contact on the play as he partially blocked Finnegan’s punt. After minutes down on the field with coaches and trainers, Finnegan left the game on a stretcher where he is expected to move to a local medical facility for treatment.

The injury was bad enough that it received multiple Joe Theismann references on the broadcast. FOX also chose not to show the replays because of the gruesome nature of the injury.

“We are not going to show you this break because it was very significant,” said play-by-play voice Tim Brando. “It’s just not something you need to see at home.”

“Any time you have what is referred to as a compound bone fracture and it breaks the surface of the skin, it’s Joe Theisman-esque,” Spencer Tillman said.

Finnegan is a third-year sophomore at Buffalo that came to the Bulls out of Sterling Heights (Mich) Bishop Foley. He averaged 41.8 yards per punt over 14 starts last season.

Penn State scored on the following possession and now leads 35-13 over Buffalo. Buffalo led at halftime before Penn State's John Reid intercepted a pass and returned it for a touchdown to take the lead. Quarterback Sean Clifford got hot in the third quarter. He has 207 yards and three touchdowns with a 78 percent completion rate and a 58-yard rush.