The most horrific and gut-wrenching football injuries are usually those that involve a player severely breaking a limb, especially when that limb is turned at a visibly unnatural angle, or when the snapped bone protrudes from skin in a compound fracture. Interestingly enough, these particular injuries are the ones that tend to garner enormous viral video status, such as the now-famous video of Redskins quarterback Joe Theismann fracturing both his tibia and fibula after beings blitzed by a player on the opposing team.

Less horrifying are those injuries in which a player is simply tackled harder than usual, leading to a brief loss of consciousness and oftentimes a concussion. Concussions are a typically hot-button issue at the college and professional levels of the sport, in which officials and team owners have to mitigate the bad press coverage that they receive when a player is hurt due to reckless play. Footage of these incidents is much more bearable to watch, and is often highly entertaining (as you can see from the videos below).