Brett Hundley Injury: Updates on UCLA Star's Finger and Return

UCLA quarterback Brett Hundley suffered a finger injury in the Bruins' blowout loss to the Stanford Cardinal on Friday.

Jack Wang of the L.A. Daily News had the report:

Chris Foster of the Los Angeles Times had more detail after the game:

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"Basically it is nicked and bruised pretty bad," Hundley said. "It got pretty big, and I couldn't do much with it." Hundley said the initial X-rays were negative. He will be re-examined in the coming days, but did not think the finger was broken.

"They will look into it," Hundley said. "All I can do is hope for the best."

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Hundley has had an up-and-down season, but he's upped his completion percentage over 70, eliminated a majority of his bad mistakes and quietly become one of the nation's best all-around quarterbacks. Hundley credits his strong play to shutting off the distractions of his impending pro career, something he couldn't do early in the season. 

“I think that’s part of it, when you want to go to the next level, you want to show people you can do things,” Hundley told Everett Cook of the Los Angeles Times. “Sometimes it changed your game, honestly…People don’t realize how much pressure there is, but at the end of the day, when you think about what got you to this point, you have to stay on your foundation.”

This injury leads to more questions about his durability. Getting hurt twice within the same season will earn a red flag for some pro teams, especially given Hundley's skill set and the way he uses his body. Like many college quarterbacks he hasn't learned the art of sliding—something some guys never quite get used to. (e.g. Robert Griffin III)

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It'll of course depend on the severity of his injury to determine whether any of that matters. But it's at least worth noting for a player who will in all likelihood be a first-round draft choice if he chooses to forgo his senior year of eligibility.

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