Ohio State commit Eddrick Houston collapses following Buford win

Star edge rusher sits up and is carted away after several scary moments

Gary Adornato | Nov 18, 2023

Ohio State commit Eddrick Houston collapses following Buford win /

NORCROSS, GEORGIA – Buford star defensive end Eddrick Houston collapsed suddenly Friday night, shortly after the Wolves' thrilling 28-25 victory over Norcross in the Georgia 7A high school football state playoffs.

The Ohio State commit went down in the midst of the postgame celebration and was attended to for several minutes by team trainers as his teammates and the remaining crowd looked on in stunned silence.

After several minutes the senior was finally able to stand before being quickly whisked away on a cart.

No further information on his condition or availability for next week is known at this time.

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Published Nov 18, 2023

GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.