Thursday night’s game between No. 21 UCF and UConn got off to an unfortunate start as UCF defensive back Aaron Robinson suffered a scary injury on the opening kickoff. No replays were shown of the hit that caused the injury, which resulted in Robinson eventually being carted off the field on a stretcher.

ESPNU initially reported that Robinson was able to move his extremities. After the game, UCF head coach Josh Heupel told the media that Robinson will “be okay”. As the Knights flew home, Robinson spent Thursday night in Connecticut.

On Friday, Knights247 reported that Robinson was “doing well” according to a UCF spokesperson and that the plan was for Robinson to return home on Saturday. Saturday morning, Robinson tweeted that he “wanted to thank everyone who reached out specifically UConn head coach Randy Edsall, his wife, and their medical staff for coming to visit me in bed.”

During Monday’s weekly press conference, Coach Heupel provided an update on Robinson confirming that he had suffered a concussion, but also is headed in the right direction.

"He's back in town (and) doing well. I saw him again here this morning and I think he's definitely moving in the right direction," said Heupel.

Heupel also thanked Edsall for spending time with Robinson while he stayed overnight in Connecticut.

"Yeah, I talked to (Edsall) yesterday,” said Heupel. “Even during the course of the game, he came out and was really concerned about Aaron and the situation. The university, Coach Edsall himself, did a great job of helping take care of Aaron up there. Coach Edsall went up saw him and spent time with him. It was important to Aaron and to us that the university would handle it like that. It says a lot."

Defensive back Brandon Moore said he and the team talked with Robinson on the phone before heading back to Orlando.

“We were talking to Aaron on the plane before we took off to head back here. We were on FaceTime with Aaron so everybody was pretty happy to see him smiling,” said Moore.

According to Moore, Robinson was “really happy” to see his teammates on FaceTime. Eric Mitchell said he visited with Robinson in his room after he returned to campus.

“I talked to him on the plane and told me he was doing good. I actually went to his room yesterday, he’s doing really good,” said Mitchell.

While Robinson was in the hospital, he was not only visited by UConn coaches and staff. Anthony Roberson’s mother, Harriet Roberson, tweeted Friday evening that the family of Darriel Mach visited Robinson. According to Harriet, the Mack family “took (Roberson) a burger” and “reassured his mother”, who was unable to catch a flight to Connecticut.

Shout out to #UCFMOMSQUAD Hope Mack, #8MOM. The Mack's visited Aaron Robinson n Hospital, took him a burger &reassured his Mother who couldn't get a flight in. UCF MOM SQUAD is more than Mom's posting pixs. The boys are all our sons. We love giving hugs @UCF_Football @UCFKnights pic.twitter.com/xn70gN319o — Harriet Roberson (@harrietroberson) September 1, 2018

“It was our pleasure. We love all the guys on and off the field. We are family at UCF,” Hope Mack said in a tweet replying to Harriet Roberson.

The concept of “UCFamily” was in full force over the entire weekend and it appears Robinson is in good hands as he recovers from his scary injury.

"We're all thankful he's going to be alright,” said Heupel on Monday.