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Florida quarterback Tim Tebow released from hospital

By Chris Dufresne
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Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, who left Saturday’s win at Kentucky after a second-half blow to the head, suffered a concussion.

Here’s the official release from Florida’s sports information department.

Gainesville, Fla. -- University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow was released from University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center Sunday morning after being held overnight for precautionary reasons.’Tim is doing fine this morning,’ said head coach Urban Meyer. ‘His CT scans came back and indicated that Tim suffered a concussion. Our medical and athletic training staff will continue to monitor him to determine how much rest and recovery he needs. We will have additional information and updates this week.’

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Top-ranked Florida has a bye this week. The Gators’ next game is Oct. 10 at Louisiana State.

-- Chris Dufresne

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Chris Dufresne

Chris Dufresne was the Los Angeles Times’ national college football/basketball columnist from 1995 to 2015. He also covered skiing at the Winter Olympics and wrote extensively on most sports. He is a multiple national award winner and was named 2011 California Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Assn. A Los Angeles native, he started at The Times in 1976 as a truck loader and literally worked his way up (two floors to be exact).

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