Oregon State WR James Rodgers showed up at football practice Tuesday afternoon in a golf cart. Please hold the cracks if it was stolen. There was a sign on it saying it belonged to the OSU medical team.
Anyway, he wasn’t able to fill us in on much since Rodgers was off to see the doctor at that moment for more details. He didn’t know the full extent of what was ahead of him. Just that he tore some ligaments.
“I’m feeling pretty good and positive about everything,” he said. “Once I get surgery, I’m going to hit the ground running (in rehab).”
The big question was: are you coming back if you get a medical hardship waiver? He didn’t say yes or no. And that leaves his future up to speculation.
“I have a lot of time to think about that,” Rodgers said. “I’ll talk to coach (Mike) Riley and get his input on everything. And make my decision when the time comes.”
Translation: He’ll rehab and sees how it goes and if he can workout for the NFL scouts. And he’ll see what he finds out about his draft stock from the NFL before deciding to come back or not.
Rodgers watched the replay of the injury, and has no ill will against Arizona S Adam Hall who tackled him deep in the end zone.
“It looked pretty bad,” Rodgers said. “It happens playing football. He was just playing to the whistle.”
Rodgers doesn’t want people feeling sorry for him. He doesn’t like attention anyway, and to him, with him on the sidelines the team should be the focus.
“I’m going to be all right,” Rodgers said. “It’s not about me. We have a lot of games left. I don’t want people focusing on me. I’m hurt. It’s very unfortunate and I’m going to get through it.”
Quick hits
OG Grant Johnson missed practice with a sore neck. … C Alex Linnenkohl (ankle) sat out. … TE Brady Camp (back) participated early and then ran on the sidelines. He looked sore.
4 comments
maffub says:
May 21, 2013
A more accurate translation: There's no need to make a decision as James has the luxury of time. What person would not want to study all of the available options before making a decision?
James Rodgers will make the right decision.
Cliff: Quizz on fire « Cliff Kirkpatrick says:
Oct 13, 2010
[...] The main thing about this is Quizz thinks James is coming back next year. James wasn’t so sure from the previous post. [...]
centralsteve says:
May 21, 2013
James Rogers is a class act.
mxpx5678 says:
May 21, 2013
Here is the thing, even the most highly rated recievers have a lot of concerns if they are coming off an injury. So Riley will probably advise James that his draft position would be better if he came back for another year. He will wait and see though where he would be ranked among WR's for this year first. He is currently ranked as the #14 WR in the upcoming draft but that will probably move down now that he is injured.