Horrific Moment High School Football Player Fractures Rival’s Spine in Senseless Attack
Eric Blum, Daily Mail, September 21, 2025
A Michigan junior varsity high school football player is out for the season after a horrific moment took place this week, with a rival fracturing the spine of his opponent in a senseless attack.
The shocking video occurred during the third quarter of a game between Lakeshore and Kalamazoo Central, when a 15-year-old defender for the Lancers got tangled with an opponent.
After the play went away from the individual matchup between the two, with the 15-year-old prone on the ground, the offensive lineman from Kalamazoo Central leaves his feet and lands with his full body weight on his rival.
The boy’s mother, Courtney Mims, told WSBT that her son, identified as Colton in Facebook comments, is out for the season with his spine fractured in two places.
Mims expects her son to make a full recovery but it is unknown if the injury will force the teenager to stop playing football forever.
Any discipline to the Kalamazoo Central player, both in the game and afterward, are unknown.
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[Editor’s Note: Here is video of the attack.]
