Luke Bryan’s son suffered a scary injury while playing quarterback during his high school football game in Tennessee.
Thomas Boyer “Bo” Bryan exited Battle Ground Academy’s Friday, October 16, game against Pope John Paul II after being sacked and landing on his right shoulder. Bo, 18, eventually returned to the sideline of the game with his arm in a sling and his shoulder wrapped.
After the game, Bo shared that he initially thought it was a stinger when he hit the ground but knew there was something wrong when he got off the field. Bo told The Tennessean that he would be undergoing an X-Ray after the game.
“I don’t know what we’re looking at yet,” BGA coach Bobby Bentley told the Tennessean after the game. “We’ll have to figure this thing out. That’s the challenge for us as a team and as coaches. What do we do? How do we do it? We’re going to figure it out.”
The next day, Bo shared an update on his condition via social media.
“Broke my collarbone last night,” he wrote via his Instagram Story on Saturday, October 17, per USA Today. “Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers. We will be back.”
Luke, 50, welcomed Bo with wife Caroline Boyer in 2008 and added son Tatum “Tate” Christopher Bryan to their family two years later. After his sister, Kelly Bryan, and brother-in-law, Ben Lee Cheshire, died, Luke and Caroline took in their three children — Til, Kris and Jordan — to raise with their sons.
Weeks before Bo’s injury, Luke shared a sweet message of support for his son and said he was “super impressed” by him.
“His senior year, he’s learning as he goes,” Luke told the USA Today High School Sports social media account in September after a game. “Everything that happens to him this year, it’s the first time he’s had all these pressure situations. The ups, the downs.”
Luke cited a moment where the high schooler’s coach appeared to trust Bo’s instinct, sharing that he “can’t be more proud as a dad.”
“The main thing is you see the hard work that he puts in and you just want the hard work to pay off,” Luke said. “Nights like tonight is when you get to celebrate that. The main thing is to see his hard work and his commitment and his love for the game. Bo is really young in his development as a quarterback because he was a two and three sport athlete his whole life. So the fact that he’s able to really turn the corner on being a quarterback and things, it’s all about confidence as [a] quarterback and [there’s] no bigger game than that tonight. … I’m just so proud of him.”
