ARLINGTON, Texas – Detroit Lions star edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson broke a tibia during Sunday’s 47-9 win over the Dallas Cowboys in a scary scene at AT&T Stadium.

Hutchinson injured his left leg on a play in which he sacked Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. Hutchinson’s leg appeared to break above the ankle when it collided with teammate Alim McNeill’s left leg as Hutchinson pulled Prescott down.

Members of the Lions and Cowboys quickly circled Hutchinson as team doctors rushed to his side. Hutchinson’s leg was placed in an air cast and he got out onto a cart.

The Lions said after the game that Hutchinson immediately underwent surgery at a Dallas-area hospital.

“I hate it for Hutch. That’s tough. It was tough,” Campbell said. “He’s in good hands now. He’s being taken care of. He’s going to stay here and obviously be away for a while. So that’s tough and difficult when you lose someone like him, but we’ll do it.” I know a lot more after this and of course I wish him the best.”

McNeill called the injury “frightening to see.” And he was initially unaware of the severity of Hutchinson’s injury immediately after it happened, even though he was involved in the play.

“I felt that too, but I didn’t see it myself so I couldn’t really say,” McNeill said after the match. “I didn’t know if that was him or not, but I felt someone like a bone next to me and then I saw Hutch lying there… that’s crazy.”

Lions running back David Montgomery, who finished with two rushing touchdowns, said he is confident Campbell and his staff can prepare players to fill Hutchinson’s role.

“It’s an unfortunate loss for us. A big, big, big blow for us and it’s just more personal for us now because of the kind of man Aidan is and the kind of character he has and what he brings to the locker room and to this team,” Montgomery said. “So I Just know for me personally, I’m going to take it very personally for a guy like Aidan because he was the heartbeat of this team and he still will be.”

Hutchinson, the second pick of the 2022 NFL draft, has 7.5 sacks this season, the most in five games by a Lions player since 1983 (William Gay), according to ESPN Research. Entering Week 6, Hutchinson led the NFL in sacks, pressures and pass-rush winning percentage, even as the Lions were coming off their bye week.

Without Hutchinson, Detroit will likely rely heavily on defensive linemen Josh Paschal, Levi Onwuzurike, DJ Reader and Isaac Ukwu to pick up the slack. The injury could open the door for James Houston, who was declared inactive for the Dallas game.

“We all feel for him 100 percent,” Onwuzurike said. “It’s hard to come back from someone like Hutch. That’s tough. He’s a freak. He’d probably break the sack record this year, so losing someone like that is really tough, but we’ve got hungry guys. .So I think the guys will handle things 100 percent.”

McNeill said he and his teammates don’t expect any major schematic changes on the defensive side of the ball.

“We’re still going to get off the ball, make that run play and put that lead, but I don’t think too much will change, maybe like third-down stuff, but I don’t really think too much. There’s going to be too a lot of change,” McNeill told ESPN as he left the locker room. “It’ll just be a rotation change and things like that, but I don’t think anything will be too drastic.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.