Giants' Cam Skattebo suffers gruesome ankle injury vs Eagles

New York Giants rookie running back Cam Skattebo suffered a gruesome ankle injury on Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles Skattebo who scored a touchdown earlier in the encounter was the target on a pass from Jaxson Dart with about left in the second quarter The pass was out of his reach but as he went down his right ankle buckled underneath him CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMThe former Arizona State standout knew something was wrong as soon as he went down Skattebo writhed in pain as the training staff came out to attend to him The FOX broadcast revealed Dart yell an expletive in frustration Giants center John Michael Schmitz Jr put his head in his hands in disbelief Photos indicated Skattebo s ankle pointed to the right He was helped on to a curative cart and waved to the crowd as he was taken off the field WARNING GRAPHIC VIDEONFL TO INVESTIGATE RAVENS OVER LAMAR JACKSON INJURY SUMMARY HANDLING AFTER BEING RULED OUT VS BEARSNew York selected Skattebo in the fourth round of the draft He briskly earned his spot as a starting running back providing an intense spark that gave Giants fans a glimmer of hope that their season might be salvaged Coming into the match he had rushing yards and five touchdowns He also had catches for yards and a touchdown He provided the Giants first touchdown in the meeting against the Eagles But Philadelphia s offense had been just too much for New York at halftime The Eagles led - at the break Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter