Utah State player Josh Davis upgraded to fair condition after cardiac arrest

LOGAN, Utah — Utah State soccer participant Josh Davis has been upgraded to truthful situation after struggling cardiac arrest throughout follow Thursday.

Davis was instantly handled by coaching employees after collapsing throughout spring drills inside Merlin Olsen Discipline at Maverik Stadium. He was initially transported to Logan Regional Hospital the place he was stabilized earlier than being moved to McKay-Dee Hospital.

The hospital’s crucial care workforce handled Davis with therapeutic hypothermia to decrease his physique temperature to protect his neurological perform.

Davis has since been taken off “life-sustaining medical gadgets” and is now respiration on his personal, in keeping with an announcement from the college.

As personnel had been coping with Davis, his teammates had been seen taking a knee and bowing their heads on the sphere.

A freshman large receiver from Carlsbad, Calif., Davis redshirted final season fr the Aggies. Faculty officers mentioned Davis’ dad and mom flew in to Utah on Thursday night to be with their son.

A photograph launched by the college confirmed Davis within the hospital surrounded by his dad and mom and head coach Blake Anderson.