Oklahoma to add padding to football stadium's brick wall after Keontez Lewis' headfirst collision

Oklahoma Sooners wide receiver Keontez Lewis left Saturday s championship against Kent State early after suffering a scary injury while attempting to make a catch Lewis attempted to track a ball from quarterback Michael Hawkins Jr that was thrown over his head in the first quarter He determined himself in the back of the end zone as he caught it but fell and crashed headfirst into the brick wall that lined the end zone of Memorial Stadium in Norman Oklahoma On Tuesday Oklahoma proven plans to install padding around the brick wall Oklahoma coach Brent Venables reported the specifics aren t clear yet CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COM I don t know exactly when or how much and all of that Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables narrated reporters on Tuesday But I think they re going to put chosen padding around that brick area where we re vulnerable UNDEFEATED COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS UNBEATEN TEAMS HEADING INTO WEEK As it stands the greater part of the wall surrounding the field is not padded including areas very close to the boundaries Lewis was briefly motionless and was carted off after being attended to for about minutes this past Saturday The Sooners went on to defeat Kent State - During his weekly radio show Venables shared an encouraging update on Lewis' recovery I was terrified because it didn t look good at all Venables explained Really fortunate all things considered very fortunate He s in great spirits and feeling much better Remarkably really not even a scratch Lewis has catches for yards and two touchdowns this season The Associated Press contributed to this document Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter