Ramsey underwent surgery to fix fractures to his tibiaandfibula in his right leg after the challenge by Shawcross, who was sent off for the challenge and left the field in tears.
That, combined with the constant pounding Ware endured through an entire season of basketball, may have created small stress fractures in the tibiaandfibula bones in his lower leg, causing his bone to snap when he took a bad step.
Dr. Reed Estes, assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and team physician for the UAB football team, said Ware's injury "looks like a pretty bad break to both his tibiaandfibula, " the two long bones in the lower leg.