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Two Huge Hits Left Two Football Players Seriously Injured

This weekend, two big hits left two football players seriously injured:  Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DESEAN JACKSON suffered a severe concussion when he took a hit from Falcons cornerback DUNTA ROBINSON

--That was the hit that LOOKED worse.  But a 20-year-old Rutgers player named ERIC LEGRAND was paralyzed from the neck down on Saturday when he made the tackle on a kickoff return against Army.

(In the first video, they show Jackson in slow-motion at :27.  In the second video, they show LeGrand in slow-motion at 1:18.)

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