Top QB recruit snaps brother's finger with pass

Shea Patterson, one of the top-ranked quarterback recruits in the nation for 2016, broke a finger Thursday.

Thankfully for fans of Calvary Baptist Academy and Ole Miss, it wasn't his.

Apparently, Patterson's spring velocity is just fine as he snapped the finger of his little brother Nick while playing catch on the football field following Shea's baseball game at Calvary.

"It was one of my last throws of the night," Shea said. "I was rolling out – about an 18-yard comeback – and it just went through his hands.

"He was jumping up and down and I was like, 'Come on, get the next one.' It was pretty funny to me up until he pulled off his glove."

An x-ray showed Nick's pinkie separated above the second knuckle.

At 6-foot-2, 200-pound, Shea Pattererson, a junior at Calvary, is rated as a five-star recruit -- No. 3 overall (No. 2 QB) by rivals.com and 25th overall (No. 3 pro-style QB) by ESPN.

In February, he committed to play in Oxford, Mississippi, after serious consideration of LSU, Arizona and USC.

Nick, who stands 6-feet tall as a seventh-grader, is a tight end for Calvary.

About that velocity?

"It's all right," Shea Patterson said.

Nick and his pinkie agree.

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