A brawl erupted during the Jacksonville Jaguars game at home against Houston Texans after a strong hit was levied against quarterback Trevor Lawrence that knocked him out of the contest with a concussion.
He was quickly ruled out after being taken off the field with a cart.
Lawrence was scrambling with nearly four minutes remaining in the second quarter and slid down before being tackled by Azeez Al-Shaair .
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After the play, tight end Evan Engram came to Lawrence's defense, shoving Al-Shaair to the ground and ensuing the brawl.
Players cleared the sidelines as shoving and tussling continued from the field to Jacksonville's sideline.
Al-Shaair and defensive back Jarrian Jones were ejected from the game for their roles in the fight. Engram received a personal foul penalty but was not disqualified from the contest. Jones can be seen on video making contact with a ref, an automatic ejection in the NFL.
Lawrence entered the contest with an AC joint sprain to his left, non-throwing shoulder . He missed the last two games due to the injury sustained in Week 9 against the Philadelphia Eagles .
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Lawrence finished the game 4 of 10 for 41 yards and an interception. At the time of the injury, the Jaguars trailed, 6-0, in the second quarter.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Trevor Lawrence knocked out of Jaguars-Texans game, fight starts
