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GuestSI has a great write up about how Austin Collie is doing now, and the concussions that led to him being placed on the injured reserve.
I definitely recommend reading it.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1184835/1/index.htm#ixzz1KkOBCcS4 " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
With 2:29 left in the second quarter in Philly, Collie ran up the field from the left slot and caught a Manning pass in stride. He was hit in the shoulder by the Eagles' Quintin Mikell and in the head by Kurt Coleman's helmet (Coleman was penalized 15 yards), and he fell motionless to the turf. Henry Feuer, the Colts' consulting neurosurgeon, who has been with the team for 26 years and on football sidelines for 40, immediately jogged onto the field.
"Austin was unconscious for 30 to 45 seconds," says Feuer. "In 40 years I've never had a guy out that long. But then he starts to wake up and sees all these people around him, and says, 'I'm O.K. My neck is fine.' But he was nauseous. He's lying there, and he says, 'Don't sit me up, or I'll throw up on you.' So we kept him down."
Read more:http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1184835/1/index.htm#ixzz1KkOBCcS4 " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I definitely recommend reading it.