A hush fell on the audience and they watched as a crowd formed around jersey number two, with their wolf hand signals raised up they waited for a verdict on the injury.

“A lineman tried to block me but dove on my ankle and he rolled on it,” safety Brandon Simmons said. “I got my foot caught underneath him.”

Simmons’ father, Kashann Simmons, who is a teacher here did not witness the incident when it occurred.

“I was watching the play up in the booth,” he said. “The coaches alerted me that Brandon was down.”

Kashann said he assumed the injury was most likely a sprained ankle.

“I figured something had happened because he didn’t pop up right away,” he said. “I didn’t think it was anything serious.”

Brandon’s injury was a spiral fracture on his fibula that required surgery.

“Once they told me, I knew that he would be back to 100 percent in four to six weeks,” Kashann said. “We were just disappointed that he couldn’t finish his senior season.”

According to offensive lineman Ryan Peschka, Brandon’s fellow teammates were devastated.

“(Brandon) was a main leader of the defense and the team,” he said. “When he went down, we knew immediately a big part of our defense was gone.”

Brandon begins rehabilitation in a couple weeks and has six weeks of recovery ahead of him.

“The surgery went well (and) Brandon has been recuperating fine,” Kashann said. “The doctor who did his surgery is a Stanford grad so we feel comfortable about the whole process.”

Brandon’s broken fibula doesn’t affect his commitment to play for Stanford next school year.

“It’s not really a major injury,” he said. “Even if my leg was mangled, they would still honor my scholarship.”

Peschka said that after watching the film from the game he doesn’t think there was anything that could have prevented the injury.

“I’m grateful that it wasn’t worse,” Brandon said. “It shows you how fast something you love can be taken away.”

The team will play the second round of playoffs against Trinity tomorrow at AT&T (Cowboys) Stadium.

“We keep the fact that he can’t play the rest of the season in our hearts and minds and play for him,” Peschka said.

Whether or not Brandon will participate in the All-American football game on Jan. 4, is still in question.

“It just depends on how I feel when that time comes,” he said.  “If I’m not feeling a 100 percent, I’m not going to risk it.”

Concerning the team, Brandon said he couldn’t have chosen a better group of people.

“I love those guys with all my heart,” he said.  “I want them to go finish what I started with them.”