Maggitt out for the season

Whenever I think torn ACL I think of this.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9-KkUH8yt8]Willis McGahee - YouTube[/ame]

His knee literally is turned all the way around. So gross.

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Originally Posted by zwclones51

Whenever I think torn ACL I think of this.
Willis McGahee - YouTube

His knee literally is turned all the way around. So gross.

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHCXNt4P8Xg]Joe Theisman vs. LT - YouTube[/ame]

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Originally Posted by zwclones51

Whenever I think torn ACL I think of this.
Willis McGahee - YouTube

His knee literally is turned all the way around. So gross.

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Originally Posted by JUKEBOX

Joe Theisman vs. LT - YouTube

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This stuff makes me want to puke.

Yeah, I don't think that he has a RS available. He MAY petition for a 6th year, but that only really happens when a player misses a majority of two years with injury. So, if he were to get hurt next year and miss a majority of the games, he COULD get an extra year...if he still has the ability to play. I would guess that he has a long winter and spring of rehab in front of him and he'll be pretty close to 100% by the first game next season as a SR. No way he plays this spring though. From the sound of it, Knott will probably end up missing the spring too if he has surgery right after the season.

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Originally Posted by vortex

There are actually people out there that don't have an ACL(s) for various reasons. They can function normally doing most everyday activities.

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Hines Ward has been missing one of his ACLs since he was like 7 or something. Don't think he found out till predraft physicals.

Didn't Tyson Smith get a medical redshirt for a broken leg or something a few years back? I believe it was for a 6th year if I'm not mistaken. What makes his situation different than Rosey's?

I don't think you have to be injured two years to get a medical redshirt. You just have to miss like all but 2 games or less due to an injury and have already used a regular redshirt.

Wikipedia:

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A special case involves the eligibility of a player who loses the majority of a season to injury. Popularly known as a medical redshirt, a hardship waiver may be granted an athlete who appears in fewer than 30% of his or her team's competitions (with none coming after the midway point of the season), then suffers a season-ending injury. A player who is granted such a waiver is treated for the purposes of their eligibility as though he or she had not competed in that season.

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But maybe that is only if you haven't used a redshirt yet, but played in a game and wouldn't be allowed a regular redshirt.

Was Rashawn Parker a true senior when he got hurt in 2009?

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Originally Posted by cycloneML

im not a doc, but he walked fine off the field. strange.

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I've seen o-lineman play a full season without an ACL. As long as the movement is mainly forward and backward and the knee is braced properly its possible. Side to side, and explosive plants in the opposite direction, not going to happen. Tough deal for all involved, Roosey in particular. Any chance at a medical redshirt?

As someone pointed out above Hines Ward plays without an ACL... news to me but I beleive it. That guys muscles surrounding the ACL have to work overtime to support the lack of, pretty incredible.

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Originally Posted by RING4CY

I agree it is strange, but it is not uncommon to see. I remember seeing Terrell Davis walking off the field after he tore his ACL in 1999.

I think it is strange in the sense that, some players have walked off the field with a torn ACL like it was no big injury, while others with the exact same injury lay on the ground grasping their knee in pain like they blew out their entire knee.

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Davis tore his ACL and MCL

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Originally Posted by Bret44

Hopefully Simon gets in shape and hits that playbook hard!

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Different position, we should be asking for Nelson to step up....

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Originally Posted by Frak

Yeah, I don't think that he has a RS available. He MAY petition for a 6th year, but that only really happens when a player misses a majority of two years with injury.

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Maggitt will get a medical redshirt for this season. Robert Griffin got one for 2009 (his true soph season) after getting hurt in the third game.

Correct me if I'm wrong- but I remember hearing Jake Sullivan played most of his college career with two torn ACLs.

This one sucks IMO. I wish we would have gotten his bro even more now. He'd be playing right now. David Irving could very well see time during the year now. Wish that wasnt the case. I was hoping him and Pompey would be in the same class.

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Originally Posted by cycloneML

im not a doc, but he walked fine off the field. strange.

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Walking doesn't place much demand or stress on the ACL and some don't even feel much pain when it goes, just the give and pop. When that is the case often the athlete will be able to walk without problems.

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Originally Posted by cyrocksmypants

If I'm not mistaken, a tore ACL pretty much is most noticable when you try to do things like plant hard or make cuts, right? You could walk or jog just fine with an injured one. That's the weird thing with knees. Sometimes you think the worst thing and it ends up being nothing (my senior year, my knee got a DL thrown into it. Kneecap was literally on the side of my leg. Trainer popped it back in and I didn't miss a down the rest of the season) and then something that seems like not a big deal ends up being a bad injury (i.e. MCL, ACL, PCL, torn miniscus, etc.).

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Exactly, for someone in Rosie's situation the lack of internal stability will be a huge detriment as he uses his speed and agility to pressure the QB with rapid stops/starts and cuts.

Hopefully, he can get the medical redshirt and get started on his recovery. Best wishes on a speedy full recovery Mr. Maggitt.

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Originally Posted by cycloneML

im not a doc, but he walked fine off the field. strange.

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My sister played softball almost half the season when she tore her mcl but you could tell it hurt like a *****.